Vietnamese Coffee Exports Rise

Vietnam’s coffee exports in August increased 57.4% to an estimated 85,000t, or 1.42 million bags, compared with the same time a year ago, according to the government.

In the first 11 months of 2009-10 1.12 million tons were exported, or 18.61 million 60kg bags, up 4% from a year earlier, the General Statistics Office said.

The office revised down its figure for July to 89,000t from 90,000t in its previous estimate.

The coffee shipment in August equates to 834,700t, or 13.91 million bags, in the first eight months of 2010, down 1.9% from the same period last year, the report said.

The report said revenue in the eight-month period was $1.2bn, or 5.1% below revenues for the same period in 2009, according to flex-news-food.com.