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UGANDA IN PUSH TO INCREASE EXPORTS TO GROWING SAUDI MARKET
During the official opening ceremony of the first Uganda Saudi Arabia expo, Uganda’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, General Abubakhar Jeje Odongo, stated that the Ugandan government will work towards increasing coffee exports to the Kingdom…
COFFEE CALLING ITSELF HAWAIIAN, NOW NEEDS TO CONTAIN HAWAIIAN COFFEE!
Hawaiian county officials requested to impose stricter laws regarding the use of Hawaii location in coffee packaging names. The current policy is cutting profits and damaging brands of local Hawaiian coffee farmers. Last week, a…
HAWAIIAN COFFEE BILL DIVIDES OPINION
A proposal to ensure Hawaiian coffee contains more coffee grown in the country has divided opinion across the island. HB157 is a bill that was debated by the agriculture committee in Hawaii’s parliament last week.…
TANZANIA COFFEE EXPORTS/VALUE SLUMPS IN APRIL
According to a report by the country’s central bank, Tanzania’s coffee export revenue was down 27% in April and production overall was lower by 19%. Tanzania, which produces arabica and robusta coffee, is Africa’s fourth-largest…
CHALLENGING MARKET FORCES ICE TO SHIP ARABICA TO U.S.
Coffee trade sources told Reuters that commodity traders are shipping arabica beans from Europe-based ICE futures exchange warehouses to the USA. Unpredictable weather patterns, driving uncertainty in the markets, prompted this change when it caused…
ANTICIPATED GLOBAL COFFEE DEFICIT MAY PUSH UP THE PRICE WE PAY
As many coffee company’s, including Starbucks, have already commented – they expect to see a significant rebound in retail sales as countries start to successfully tackle the pandemic. Yet some in the market are speculating…