Costa Rica Sees 2008/09
Coffee Harvest Down 3.6%
Source: Reuters
Costa Rica estimates it
will produce 1.807
million 60-kg bags of
coffee in the 2008/09
harvest, down 3.6
percent from the
previous cycle due to
the biannual nature of
the crop, a top official
from the national coffee
institute ICAFE said on
Monday.
Coffee trees usually
produce less beans the
year following a
high-volume harvest.
Executive Director
Ronald Peters revised
down an earlier estimate
for 2007/08 coffee
production, saying Costa
Rica will produce 1.875
million 60-kg bags this
season.
Peters previously said
Costa Rica would grow
1.93 million bags of
coffee during the
2007/08 year, which
begins in October.
The estimate for the
upcoming season, based
on a count of coffee
flowers that will turn
into cherries, came
early this year because
of early flowering,
Peters told Reuters.
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