S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 Brazil exported a total of 2.2 million coffee bags in April, a similar volume to the amounted exported in the same month of 2017. Revenues reached USD 343.5 million, a drop of 12% over April of 2017. The data was released this Wednesday (09) by the Brazilian Coffee Exporters Council (CECAF\u00c9). The Arabica coffee remained at the top of exports with 86.1% of the total, followed by soluble coffee, with 11.5%, and Robusta coffee, with 2.4%.<\/p>\n
From January to April of 2018, Brazil exported 10,105,288 coffee bags, a drop of 2% over the same period of last year. Forex exchange revenues declined 12% in the same comparison at USD 1.596 billion.<\/p>\n
CECAFE\u00b4s president, Nelson Carvalhaes, said, in a statement, that the \u201cresults of April reflected the intercrop period, with a production that met the demand of global importers, however, with a volume below the previous months.\u201d Carvalhaes said he\u2019s optimistic over the next coffee year, with the new crop coming in July, which should increase exports.<\/p>\n
Sales to Arab countries totaled USD 59.3 million from January to April, a decline of 18% over the same period of 2017. Overall, 384,500 bags were shipped, a drop of 8% in the same comparison. The bag\u2019s average price went down 10%. The region accounts for 4% of all the coffee exported by Brazil. Last year, revenues from coffee exporters to Arab countries surged 25% over 2016.<\/a><\/p>\n From January to April, the top destinations remained the United States and Germany, with 17.4% and 17% of total exports, respectively. They were followed by Italy, with 10.5%; Japan, with 7.3%; Belgium, with 5.7%; Turkey, with 2.9%; France, with 2.9%; Russia, with 2.7%; Canada, with 2.7%; and the United Kingdom, with 2.5%.<\/p>\n The port of Santos remained as the main exporter in the calendar year, with 84.4% of coffee shipments, equivalent to 8,532,966 bags. The port of Rio de Janeiro comes in second, with 10.7% of the coffee exports.<\/p>\n Translated by S\u00e9rgio Kakitani <\/strong><\/p>\n