Costa Rica Coffee
Exports Up 6.7%
Costa Rican coffee
exports in August, the
11th month of the
2007-08 crop cycle, rose
6.7% to 92,633
(60-kilogram) bags, the
Costa Rica Coffee
Institute, or Icafe,
said Tuesday.
This compares with
exports of 86,819 bags
in August 2007, the
tenth month of the
2006-07 crop cycle,
according to Icafe
officials.
Total Costa Rican coffee
exports from Oct. 1,
2007, through August
2008, were up 7.4% to
1,539,697 bags. This
compared with exports of
1,434,096 bags in the
October-August period of
the 2006-07 harvest
year.
Harvesting of the
2007-08 crop has already
been completed, but
exports will continue
through September.
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