Colombia: Coffee Annual
In marketing year (MY) 2018/19, Colombian coffee production is estimated to reach 14.3 million bags (1 bag = 60 kilograms unless otherwise noted) green bean equivalent (GBE) as the flowering period in the main coffee regions has benefited from good climate. If weather conditions are favorable and renovated plants keep reaching their productive peak, production is forecast to remain at 14.3 million bags GBE in MY 2019/20. Paralleling production recovery, exports are expected to increase to 13.3 million bags GBE in MY 2018/19, with no change in MY 2019/20.