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Monday, March 14, 2011

Ot - Jan coffee export of Ivory drops 31 pct

Ivory Coast's coffee bean exports totalled 21,630 tonnes from October to January, down about 31 percent on the same period in the previous season, port data showed on Friday.

January is the first month of the official marketing season.

Following are port data for coffee bean exports in tonnes:

                     Jan 11         Dec 10      Jan 10
Abidjan          2,998           3,724       4,522
San Pedro      1,120            1,566       nil
Total             4,118           5,290       4,522
Cumulative   21,630          17,512     31,307****