SAO PAULO, Brazil – Quotes of arabica and robusta coffee dropped in the Brazilian market in April. The CEPEA/ESALQ Index of arabica type 6, hard cup or better (delivered in São Paulo city), dropped 3.72% between March 31 and April 28, closing at 457.68 BRL (144.24 USD) per 60-kilo bag on April 28 – the lowest value in real terms since ...
MANAGUA, Nicaragua – Mercon Coffee Group is launching Robusta coffee from Nicaragua for export. The company made the announcement at the 2017 Global Specialty Coffee Expo in Seattle and is now offering washed and natural Robusta coffees from this origin. For the past 10 years, the company has been the pioneer of Robusta coffee production ...
MADIKERI, India – Coffee prices have been falling sharply since January, compounding the worries of drought-hit growers. The prices of a 50-kg bag of Arabica parchment coffee dipped by 20 per cent in four months. However, Robusta coffee prices have remained relatively stable, falling a little over 7 per cent …
MILAN – Robusta coffee futures on ICE fell to a 7-1/2 month low on Tuesday on technically-driven selling by funds, with the London market recording its biggest 5-day plunge in half a decade. The July contract fell $20 to $1,916 a tonne after dipping to a low of $1,871, the lowest level for the second position since ...
SAO PAULO, Brazil – Quotes of Robusta coffee dropped in the Brazilian market in the first fortnight of April, pressed down mainly by the harvesting advance in Rondônia, the nearness of harvesting activities in Espírito Santo and the return of the Funrural (Rural Workers' Assistance Fund) charge.
SAO PAULO, Brazil – Robusta coffee prices recovered in the domestic market in March and the CEPEA/ESALQ Index of robusta type 6, screen 13, Espírito Santo State, returned to levels observed in mid-February. Robusta valuation is attributed to higher demand for the variety from the coffee roasters in Brazil ...
SAO PAULO, Brazil – The arabica volume left from the 2016/17 season at growers and cooperatives is around 20% of the production, considering regions surveyed by Cepea. In the same period last year, roughly 15% of the crop was still available to be traded. Most part of this product left in 2017 has intermediate quality, but there is also ...
MILAN – Shipments of coffee in all forms out of Brazil totalled 2.483.057 bags in February, down 15.5% from the same month last year, the Coffee Exporters Council (Cecafé) reported last week. The drop in shipments was attributed to slower sales by farmers who preferred to wait for better prices.
SAO PAULO, Brazil – The pace of arabica coffee trades was slow in Brazil and prices were dropping in late February. Sellers, who were refrained from the market, did not consider asking prices attractive. Besides, the recess because of carnaval in Brazil limited trades even more.
LONDON, UK – ICO indicator prices fell slightly across all groups but the decline was most pronounced for Robustas. The controversy concerning the need for Brazil to import Robusta to alleviate supply shortages ...