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The Indian coffee crop for marketing year (Oct/Sep) 2017/18 is forecast at 5.6 million 60-kg bags owing to an increase in Robusta production due to favorable moisture and weather conditions.

The 2017/18 production forecast is unchanged at 10.9 million bags, which is a slight increase from the output in 2016/17.

Brazil’s coffee production for MY 2017/18 is revised down to 51.2 million 60-kg bags.

Expansion and diversification of large-scale retail businesses coupled with the introduction of information technologies has led to a rapid evolvement of the retail food sector in South Korea....

The EU-Mercosur Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is currently being negotiated between the four Mercosur countries (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay.

Tanzania’s coffee production will increase to 1.15 million bags in the marketing year (MY) 2017/2018, from 1.05 million bags in MY 2016/2017, primarily due to the biennial bearing cycle.

The 2016/2017 coffee harvest in Nicaragua is a record crop with an estimated production of 2.3 million 60 kg bags, a seven percent increase compared to the previous year.

Honduras is the largest coffee producer in Central America and the third largest in Latin America. Honduras ranks sixth globally in coffee exports by volume.

The Post/New marketing year (MY) 2017/18 forecast for coffee production is 3.8 million 60/kg bags.

Based on preliminary data, Costa Rica’s 2016/2017 coffee crop reached 1,347,000 60 kilogram bags.

Ethiopia’s coffee production in MY17/18 (Oct-Sep) is forecast to remain steady at 6.545 million 60-kg bags (~393,000 metric tons).

FAS/Nairobi forecasts a modest increase in Uganda’s coffee production in the marketing year (MY) 2017/2018 due to harvests from new maturing plantations.