Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Indonesia's Coffee Exports More Than Halve in April as Production Declines

(Bloomberg) -- Indonesian coffee farmers in the key
growing areas of Sumatra exported less than half the volume of
beans in April compared with the same month in 2006 because of
lower output, the Indonesian Coffee Exporters Association said.

Farmers in Lampung, Bengkulu and South Sumatra provinces
shipped 4.8 million kilograms of beans in April, compared with
10.57 million kilograms in the year-ago month, the association
said today in a faxed statement.


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