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Marketing year (MY) 2021/22 production and exports are forecast to hold steady from MY 2020/21 as farmers take old trees out of production via stumping.

FAS Nairobi forecasts Kenya’s coffee production will increase in marketing year 2021/22 due to anticipated good weather and improved farm practices in response to higher prices.

Ethiopia is the region’s largest producer and consumer of coffee.

MY 2021/22 coffee production is expected to increase by 3.7 percent to 1.4 million bags due to increased fertilizer use, improved extension services, and an anticipated high-producing period of the crop-bearing cycle.

Angola produced an estimated 8.700 MT (metric tons) of coffee in 2019, with Robusta being the main variety produced.

Angola produced an estimated 8.700 MT (metric tons) of coffee in 2019, with Robusta being the main variety produced.

FAS/ Nairobi forecasts a stagnation in Kenya’s coffee production in marketing year (MY) 2020/2021, due to weather patterns that have curtailed flowering in the key coffee growing regions.

Ethiopia’s coffee production for MY20/21 (Oct-Sep) is forecast to be 7.5 million 60-kilogram bags (450,000 metric tons). Exports are forecast to reach a record 4.12 million bags (247,200 metric tons).

The United States is buying green coffee beans from Tanzania, despite a coffee market that is volatile and faces dramatic political hurdles and unstable policies.

FAS/Nairobi forecasts a rebound of Uganda’s coffee production in marketing year (MY) 2020/2021 due to good weather, and harvests from recently established plantations.

Ethiopia’s coffee production for MY19/20 (Oct-Sep) is forecast at 7.35 million 60-kilogram bags (441,000 metric tons).

The United States is buying green coffee beans from Tanzania, despite unreliable traceability mechanisms.