From the Newsroom*
São Paulo – Brazilian coffee exports yielded US$ 278.6 million in April, an increase of 24.4% compared with the same month in 2006. The data were disclosed today (08) by the Brazilian Coffee Exporter Council (CeCafé). From January to April this year, 8,908,921 bags of coffee were shipped, an increase of 16.8% over the same period last year. The growth in revenues in the first four months this year was 30.2%, with revenues surpassing US$ 1.2 billion.
According to Cecafé, Germany was the largest market for Brazilian coffee between January and April, with a 40.44% increase in exports, followed by the United States and Japan. The Port of Santos, in the southeastern Brazilian state of São Paulo, shipped the most coffee during the period (5,896,381 bags), followed by the Port of Rio de Janeiro (820,850), in the state of the same name (SE).
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
