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Coffee production for marketing year (MY) 2022/23 (April to March) is forecast at 354,000 60-kg bags of Green Bean Equivalent (GBE) basis, an increase of 36 percent over the MY 2021/2022 estimate of 261,000 60-kg bags, due an increase in expected area harvested and improved pruning techniques.

Coffee production for marketing year (MY) 2021/22 (April to March) is forecast at 261,000 60-kilogram (kg) bags of Green Bean Equivalent (GBE) basis, an increase of two percent over the MY 2020/2021 estimate of 255,000 60-kg bags.

Planted area continues to decline, particularly in coastal regions. However, production per hectare continues to grow.

Prohibitively high costs of electricity and water, transportation, and high labor costs have cut production of soluble coffee in half.

During market year (MY) 2017/18 (April/March), Ecuador’s domestic bean production increased due to better than expected results in the recovery of old plantations and the addition of new cultivars.

During Market Year (MY) 2016/17 (April/March), domestic bean production continued declining.

Ecuador’s coffee production in MY 2016/17 is forecast at 201,000 bags (60-kg per bag) on a Green Bean Equivalent basis, down 16,000 bags or seven percent lower from the MY 2015/16 estimate.

Ecuador’s coffee production in marketing year 2015/16 (April/March) is forecast at 309,000 bags on a Green Bean Equivalent basis, up 17,000 bags or six percent compared to our MY 2014/15 estimate.