São Paulo – Brazilian exports of coffee generated US$ 707 million in revenues in May, a 79% increase over the same month of last year, according to information disclosed this Tuesday (7th) by the Brazilian Coffee Exporter Council (Cecafé). It was the highest figure recorded in a month of May in the last five years, according to the organization.
The volume shipped last month reached 2,622,471 60-kilogram bags, a 3.7% increase compared with May 2010, indicating that higher prices were paid for the product.
Coffee of the Arabica variety accounted for 78% of the total shipped, followed by Robusta (13%) and soluble coffee (9%). The main target countries so far this year were the United States, Germany, Italy, Belgium and Japan.
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
