* Colombia’s national federation of coffee producers (FNC) has announced that coffee production in September was up 2% year-on-year, registering 849,000 sacks (1 sack = 60kg). Coffee exports in September were up 1% year-on-year at 827,000 sacks. In the first nine months of the year, coffee production was down by 6% compared with the same period in 2022, registering 7.69m sacks, while coffee exports were down by 13% at 7.49m sacks.
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LatinNews Daily - 20 October 2023
In brief: Colombia’s coffee production rises in September
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