Global coffee prices rose to a near two-week high after speculators said that devastating rains in Colombia, which continue to fall, could weaken output in the world’s second largest arabica-bean producing…
Rainfall in Colombia may hamper a recovery in coffee production from last year’s 33-year low, an exporters group said. Persistent wet weather may deprive plants of sunlight and stunt growth…
With the renovation of half a million hectares of coffee plantations and various projects aimed at increasing output, the National Federation of Coffee Growers (Fedecafe) announced plans to produce 14…
Colombian gold exports overtook coffee exports in early 2010, as gold sales shot up by 42.4% between January and April this year, while the coffee industry witnessed a decline of 9.7%…
Colombian Agriculture Minister Andres Fernandez admitted Thursday that his country’s free trade agreement (FTA) with the European Union, due to be signed next week, will adversely affect more than 400,000…
Colombia’s April coffee production is up 88% from the same period last year, at 647,000 bags, reports El Espectador. These figures indicate a recovery in production thanks to good climate…
The head of Colombia’s National Federation of Coffee Growers, Luis Genaro Muñoz, denied Wednesday that Colombian coffee chain Juan Valdez’s attempts at international expansion have failed. “The model of the stores…
Colombia’s coffee production will increase by 50% to 14-15 million bags in the next five years, Luis Genaro Muñoz, head of the country’s National Federation of Coffee Growers, announced Monday. The Andean nation’s…
Sweden’s embassy in Colombia on Monday opened a foreign trade office in Bogota, in order to improve business relations and promote commerce between the two countries, reported Colombian media on…