Coffee growers in Colombia closed 2022 with a negative figures in production and exports

Grain production fell 29% in December and 12% during the year. As for exports, they decreased 8% so far in 2022. The registered annual production of coffee in Colombia closed 2022 at almost 11.1 million 60-kilogram bags, 12% less than the almost 12.6 million bags in 2021. This was revealed by the National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia in its most recent report on production and exports. The union expressed that "this figure is the result of excess rainfall due to a prolonged La Niña phenomenon in the last two and a half years." In December, production fell 29% to 981,000 bags compared to the almost 1.4 million bags produced in the same month of 2021. "And so far this coffee year (October-December 2022), production exceeded 2.9 million bags, 17% less compared to the more than 3.5 million bags harvested in the previous period," he added. Coffee exports fell 8% in 2022 The union stated that in 2022 coffee exports decreased 8% (a little more than 11.4 million bags of 60 kg ...