Colombian Coffee Production Rises 32% In May

Bogotá, June 5, 2018 (FNC Press Office) -With one million 188,000 bags, Colombian coffee production increased 32% in May compared to the 901,000 bags harvested in the same month of 2017. 

So far this year, coffee harvest exceeded 5.4 million bags, 2% up from the over 5.3 million registered during the first five months of 2017. 

In the last 12 months (June 2017-May 2018), coffee production exceeded 14.3 million bags, 1% up from the almost 14.2 million registered in the same previous period. 

And so far this coffee year (October 2017-May 2018), production was almost 9.4 million bags, 3% down compared to almost 9.7 million recorded in the same period 

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