São Paulo – Brazilian coffee exports had the best month of July of the last four years, according to information disclosed today (9th) by the Brazilian Coffee Exporter Council (Cecafé).
Sales totalled US$ 392 million, representing growth of 25.8% over July 2009. A total of 2.44 million 60-kilogram bags were shipped, representing an increase of 7.8% using the same basis of comparison.
According to the organization, coffee of the Arabica variety accounted for 83% of exports, soluble coffee accounted for 11%, and the Robusta variety, for 6%.
In the first seven months of 2010, exports totalled US$ 2.65 billion, representing growth of 14% over the same period of 2009. In all, 16.8 million bags were shipped, a 2% decline using the same basis of comparison.
In the first seven months of 2010, the leading target regions for Brazilian coffee, were Europe (54%), North America (21%), Asia (17%) and South America (6%). The Arab countries imported the equivalent of US$ 87 million during the period, i.e. 636,000 bags, and retained a 4% share.
The leading target country was the United States, followed by Germany, Italy and Japan.
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
