Coffee importers visit Brazil and invest more than R$4 million buying Amazon Robusta

An unprecedented action with international buyers getting to know the production of Amazonian Robusta in Brazil up close, resulted in 4.5 million reais in business. During the importers' visit, approximately three thousand bags of coffee were sold. Buyers took samples and the expectation is that sales will continue in the coming months. According to information from JuanTravain, producer and president of the Association of Coffee Growers of the Geographical Indication Matas de Rondônia - Caferon, buyers from more than 10 countries were in Brazil, namely: China, Belgium, Croatia, Dubai, Canada, Greece, Armenia, United Kingdom , United States, Jordan, Paraguay, South Africa. At least 15 coffee producers from Rondônia benefited from the sales. The action is part of the Exporta Mais Brasil program, run by the Brazilian Export and Investment Promotion Agency – ApexBrasil, which seeks to strengthen the export culture of different productive sectors in the country and also included a ...