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The president of the Association of Coffee Exporters of Honduras (Adecafeh), Omar Acosta, estimates that the coffee rust will cause the loss of more than 1.5 million bags of coffee in the country. The loss should range between 25% and 30% of the total harvest (5.6 million bags) and cause a reduction in foreign exchange of about $ 600 million.
The damage caused by rust affects producers, exporters and Honduran economy in general, because coffee is one of the engines that drive the economy of that country. In 2011/12 harvest revenue from exports reached U.S. $ 1,440 million.

Cameroon Robusta coffee exports totalled 34,072 tonnes in the 2011/12 season, which ended in November, according to industry and government of the country data disclosed.
The number represents an increase of 12.8% compared to the previous business year. Twenty-three countries imported beans from Cameroon during the season. The cycle of Robusta Cameroonian extends from November to December. The country produced 37,539 tonnes of Robusta coffee in 2011/12, exceeding the 30,840 tonnes of the previous crop year.
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Given the economic crisis, the global consumption of Robusta coffee grew last year, according to different estimates. Being cheaper, roasting industries started using more species in place of Arabica with noblest beans and expensive and highest market value. For companies and consultancies, the outlook is that the trend of substitution of Arabic for Robusta in roasted and ground blends should continue in 2013.

The amount of caffeine typically found in two cups of coffee can aggravate, if not be the main cause of male urinary incontinence, a new study suggests. Those involved in the study suggest that men who consume more caffeine are more likely to have this problem when compared to those who take less.

An unusual contamination and aggressive fungus Roya in the coffee plantations of Chiapas, Mexico, is threatening to reduce the country's coffee production in crop 2012/13, said Rodolfo Trampe, president of the Mexican Association of Coffee Production (Amacafe).
According to the executive, the production has the potential to grow to 20% in this cycle, compared to 2011/12, but the outbreak threatens that balance. Last season, Mexico harvested 4.3 million bags, according to data from the International Coffee Organization (ICO).

The coffee rust fungus, commonly known as Roya, which has already caused losses of more than $ 100 million in Nicaragua, may also affect coffee production in Costa Rica, warned this week the Ministry of agriculture and Livestock (MAG). MAG experts estimate that 30% of the local coffee crop may be lost due to the fungus.

Nicaragua should produce 1.6 million bags of coffee during the 2012/13 season, which represents a decrease of 16% compared to the previous cycle, designed the sales director of the division of Nicaraguan Trading Mercon Coffee Corporation, John Gardina. He added that the harvest in the country in 2011/12 totalled 1.9 million bags of coffee, more than anticipated previously.

The International Coffee Organization (ICO) has pointed out that world coffee production in 2012/13 (October to September) should be at 144, 1 million 60-kilogram bags, thus an increase of 7.2% compared with 2011/12 crop, which had a production journal, slightly down to 134.4 million bags. The numbers run from December report of the ICO. Thus, the ICO has reduced by 1.3% its estimate for world crop 2012/13, which in November was placed at 146 million bags. The previous data of 2011/12 was 134.6 million bags.

Coffee exports from Brazil fell in 2012 by volume and value, to reach 28.2 million bags of 60 pounds and $ 12.8 billion respectively, said the annual Council of Coffee Exporters (Cecafé). The organization pointed out that the revenue from the sale of coffee in international markets was 27.1% lower than in 2011, while the number of bags fell 15.6% in the same comparison.

The monthly report of the International Coffee Organization (ICO) shows that in December, coffee prices have suffered downward revisions, with the monthly average of the ICO composite indicator recorded a fall of 3.7% to 131.31 cents/pound, compared with the level of 188.90 U.S. cents / lb checked at the beginning of the calendar year.