Colombian coffee production rises 10% in February

In the same month, exports decreased 6%, to 928,000 60-kg bags of green coffee, from 983,000 bags shipped abroad in the same month of 2022.

In February, registered coffee production in Colombia, the world’s largest producer of mild washed Arabica, reached 1,025,000 60-kg bags, 10% more than the 928,000 registered in the same month of 2022.

After the prolonged La Niña phenomenon, the figure begins to show recovery in the volume of the harvest.

Year-to-date (January-February 2023), production increased 5% to almost 1.9 million bags from 1.8 million in the same period last year.

In the last 12 months (March 2022-February 2023), production fell 8% to 11.2 million bags from 12.2 million a year ago.

And so far this coffee year (October 2022-February 2023), production exceeded 4.8 million bags, 9% less compared to the 5.3 million bags of the same previous period.

Exports fall 6% in the month

In February, exports decreased 6% to 928,000 60-kg bags of green coffee from 983,000 bags shipped abroad in the same month of 2022.

So far this year, exports reached 1.8 million bags, 13% less compared to the little more than 2 million bags exported in the same previous period.

In the last 12 months, exports fell 8% to almost 11.2 million bags versus the 12.1 million exported a year earlier.

And so far this coffee year, exports have reached 4.6 million bags, 13% less compared to the 5.3 million bags shipped abroad in the same previous period.