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Coffee farmers in Vietnam, the world's largest producer of Robusta coffee, are limiting the sales of the record before the harvest festival of Tet Lunar New Year, as they expect prices to rise.

Coffee production in Colombia increased 41% in 2013, the year exports experienced a growth of more than a third (35%) compared to 2012, said, on Friday, the National Federation of the sector.
According to a report by the National Federation of coffee growers, throughout 2013, 10.8 million bags of 60 kg were produced, compared to 7.7 million recorded in 2012, reflecting an increase of 41%.
The increase in coffee production was in 'tune' with total exports, with overseas sales of 9.6 million bags of coffee, reflecting an increase of 35% compared to 2012.
Source: Visão

Coffee exports from Uganda have increased 32% in 2012/13 season to 3.6 million bags of 60kg, the highest level in more than 10 years, said the Coffee Development Authority of Uganda (UCDA) this Wednesday. According to the state, favourable weather boosted crop yields, leading to higher yields in crop areas of central, west and south.
In the previous cycle, the country exported 2.73 million bags. The season of coffee in Uganda extends from October to September.

Coffee exports from Indonesia, the third largest producer of Robusta should fall to lowest levels in six years, before the damage with excessive rainfalls, which will reduce production.
Shipments may drop 19% this year, ranking 6 million bags of 60 pounds, according to average estimates of exporters surveyed by Bloomberg. The information departs from the Bloomberg Agency. This would represent the worst performance for the country since 2007, according to the Central Statistics Agency of the country.

Coffee exports from Indonesia, the third largest producer of Robusta should retreat to the lowest level in two years, with the increase in domestic demand and lower volume harvested in the country. Shipments may fall by 14% to 385,000 tons, or 6.42 million bags of 60 pounds, compared to the previous cycle, according to the average estimate of seven exporters and roasters.

Coffee exports from India, Asia's third-biggest supplier, may decline for the second consecutive year as the economic slowdown reduces demand in Europe and the damage from the attacks of pests reduce crop. Exports may drop to less than 300,000 tons this year, compared with the record of 310,886 tonnes in 2012, said the president of the Coffee Exporters Association of India, Ramesh Rajah. Exports fell 9.4% last year, the first annual decline in three years, according to data from the Coffee Board of India.

Ecuador exported 1.57 million 60-kilogram bags of coffee in 2012, up 1% compared to the volume of 1.55 million bags exported in the previous year, said the Association of Coffee Exporters from Ecuador. The export figures include Ecuadorian Robusta, Arabica, green, soluble, roasted, among other types. The revenue from coffee exports also grew 1% from a year earlier to US$ 273 million.

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.
Source: Dow Jones

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.