The beans produced at Chapada de Minas Gerais and Cerrado Mineiro were the winners in the international round of the award.
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Brazil shipped out over 1 million bags to the Arab market from January to September. Until August, exports had been declining.
The international leg of the premier coffee competition in the world will take place in Guaxupé, in southern Minas Gerais.
Brazil shipped out 3.4 million bags, a 30% increase over the same month of last year. It’s the largest monthly volume since October 2015.
Brazil exported USD 59 billion worth of goods from January to July, an all-time high for the period.
The first half of the year saw 564,000 60-kg bags of the product shipped to the region. Revenue, however, was down 11.6% to USD 86 million.
The Coffee Run and Walk takes place on August 5, in the Santa Elisa farm, which hosts a coffee experimental center. The event will have dance presentations and serve Arab food. Registrations are open.
International sales of the product were down 12.4% year-on-year in May, the International Coffee Organization reported.
Foreign sales from Brazil were up 3% year-on-year. Soy, the primary driver of sales, accounted for 58% of total goods shipped abroad from Brazil.
The country shipped USD 343.5 million worth of coffee in April, a drop of 12% over the same month of 2017. Year-to-date, foreign sales totaled USD 1.6 billion, also a decline of 12%.
Sales of the product to the region slid in the first three months of this year.
