Colombia: Coffee Semi-annual
Over the last two years, the volume of Colombian coffee production was only marginally impacted by the El Niño weather phenomena, although the quality of beans was affected. Post is revising Colombian coffee production projections up from 13.6 to 14.0 million bags (1 bag = 60 kilograms) green been equivalent (GBE) in marketing year (MY) 2015/2016. Post forecast for MY 2016/17 is revised upward from 13.3 to 14.0 million bags GBE as the IDEAM (Colombian Institute of Meteorology) reduces the probability of La Niña weather phenomena.