Vietnam’s coffee exports for January to May rose an estimated 1.8 percent from the same period a year ago; rice exports surged an estimated 20.4 percent during the same period.
Coffee exports from Vietnam will increase by an estimated 1.8 percent between January and May from last year to 825,000 tonnes, equal to 13.75 million 60-kg bags. Coffee export revenue for Vietnam, the world’s second- biggest producer of the robusta bean, fell 12 percent annually to $1.6 billion.
May coffee exports were estimated at 140,000 tonnes, to a value of $276 million.