GUATEMALA CITY, March 22 (Reuters) – Coffee exports from Central America, Mexico, Colombia, Peru and the Dominican Republic fell 5.9 percent year-on-year in February to 2.40 million 60-kg bags, Guatemalan growers’ group Anacafe said on Monday.
In February 2009, exports from the group of nine washed arabica producers were 2.55 million bags, said Anacafe, which collates export figures from the region.
Cumulative exports for the 2009/10 coffee year, which began in October, were 8.84 million bags, down 15.1 percent from the same period in the previous cycle. Keywords: CENTAM COFFEE/