Coffee production in Colombia, the world’s main supplier of washed Arabica, dropped 20% in January to 868,000 60-kilogram bags compared to the same month last year, due to increased rains that affected flowering, reported this Friday. fair (4) the National Federation of Coffee Growers.
In January 2021, the country’s coffee crop reached 1.08 million bags.
The federation attributed the drop to “unfavorable weather conditions”, amid the rains that have been recorded in the main production areas and which delay flowering.
Colombian coffee exports in January fell 1% to 1.06 million 60-kilogram bags from the same month a year earlier.
In the last 12 months, Colombia’s coffee crop dropped 11% to 12.3 million bags, while exports dropped 1% to 12.4 million bags.
Colombia’s coffee crop dropped 9% in 2021 to 12.6 million 60-kilogram bags, the lowest in seven years, due to increased rains and road blocks amid anti-government protests, according to the federation. .
Source: CNN Brasil
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