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Coffee shipments in April totaled 135,864 60-kg bags, down from 174,384 bags in the year-ago period.
Costa Rica is one of Central America's smaller producers, but known for its high quality beans.
Exports during the first seven months of the current 2018/2019 harvesting season reached 557,843 bags, down nearly 12 percent compared to the same seven-month period during the previous 2017/2018 season, the ICAFE data showed.
The coffee season in Central America and Mexico, which together produce about a fifth of the world's arabica beans, runs from October through September.