Costa Rica – December coffee exports soar 28%

Costa Rica exported 100,120 60-kg bags of coffee in December 2012, up 28% from 78,214 bags shipped in the same month last year, Costa Rica’s the Instituto del Café de Costa Rica (Icafe) – National Coffee Institute – said.

This brought total exports in the first three months of 2012/13 (Oct/Sep) to 180,736 bags, down 3.7% from 187,704 in the same period of 2011/12.