* Colombia’s national federation of coffee growers (FNC) has announced that coffee production in March totalled 799,000 sacks (1 sack = 60kg), representing a 13% decrease on the same month last year. Coffee exports in March amounted to 906,000 sacks, representing a 19% year-on-year decrease. In the first three months of 2023, production was down by 1% compared with the same period last year, totalling 2.69m sacks.
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