Ugandan coffee exports rose 2% in March

Ugandan coffee exports rose in March from a year earlier, as exporters freed up larger volumes from warehouses to cash in on favorable global prices for robusta beans, the industry's state regulator said. The East African country is Africa's biggest coffee exporter, followed by Ethiopia, and predominantly grows the robust variety of the crop. In March, Uganda shipped a total of 487,797 60-kilogram bags of coffee, up 2% from the previous year, the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) said ...