Thursday, September 04, 2008
Costa Rica Coffee Exports Up 6.7%
this Central American nation rose 6.7% in August to 92,633 (60-kilogram) bags. This compares with exports of 86,819 bags in August 2007, the tenth month of the 2006-07 crop cycle.
Total Costa Rican coffee exports from Oct. 1, 2007, through August 2008, were up 7.4% to 1,539,697 bags compared with exports of 1,434,096 bags in the October-August period of the 2006-07 harvest year.