Venezuela: Coffee Annual
Coffee production in marketing year (MY) 2016/17 is expected to decline to 400,000 bags (1 bag = 60 kilograms unless otherwise noted) green bean equivalent (GBE). Coffee farmers must withstand a myriad of production challenges, in addition to a severe coffee rust outbreak. Venezuela is now a net importer of coffee, but due to the economic crisis and limitations on access to foreign exchange, imports will likely decline in MY 2016/2017 to 652 thousand bags GBE.