11.08.01.00 - Mainstream is the main business ...(3)
Mainstream quality makes up the bulk of the global trade in coffee. Standard type coffees are used by large and medium-sized roasters alike. These roasters have a supply obligation to keep the shelves...
View Article09.01.03.00 - Differential risk or basis risk(3)
When there is a lack of correlation between the movements of the futures price and the cash price, that is they move in opposite directions or one rises/falls more than the other, then hedging serves...
View Article09.01.04.00 - The selling hedge - an example(3)
A party holding unsold stocks of a commodity - a producer, exporter, processor or importer/dealer - is interested in safeguarding against the risk that the price may fall.
View Article08.04.02.00 - Deliveries, delivery months, tenderable growths and...
Deliveries can be made at the ports of New York (at par) as well as Houston, New Orleans and Miami; deliveries to the last three ports incur a discount or penalty of 125 points, or US$ 468.
View Article08.06.02.00 - Tenderable growths, differentials and delivery points(3)
Tenderable growths and differentials at TGE, TokyoTenderable growthsDeliverable atArabicaMexico (Prime Washed, High Grown, Strictly High Grown), Guatemala (Extra Prime Washed, Semi Hard Bean, Hard...
View Article01.05.02.00 - Identification of exports(3)
In the early 1960's the International Coffee Organization (ICO) instituted an identification code for coffee exports to enable it to apply the export quota system that existed at the time.
View Article03.05.08.00 - Rainforest Alliance(3)
In terms of environmental and sustainability requirements the Rainforest Alliance (RA) certification scheme is certainly amongst the more ambitious.
View Article02.10.03.00 - Soluble coffee - outlook(3)
The bulk of the soluble coffee exported from producing countries is spray-dried powder. Brazil accounts for just under half of all soluble coffee exports.
View Article01.05.06.00 - Production by individual country 1993/94 - 2007/08(3)
World Production by Coffee Year (1993/94-2007/08) AverageCoffee Years...
View Article13.03.04.00 - Who is doing what?(3)
As of end 2009 it is obvious that the industry is still in the preliminary stages of trying to transform strategy into action. Much information has to be collected whereas potential methodologies and...
View ArticleLeveraging Private Partnerships: Smallholders tap new markets in Guatemala
Before the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) came to the isolated El Quiché region in the highlands of Guatemala more than 20 years ago, the roads were few and far between,...
View ArticleNew business opportunities through LatinPharma 2011
Pharmaceutical firms across Latin America negotiated millions of dollars in new business deals with each other for natural and bio-products and traditional medicines at LatinPharma 2011...
View ArticleRambutans cultivars growing in Guatemala
Three enterprises started plantations of rambutan in Guatemala a few years ago; Lafinita, Agritrade and Agroamerica Plantations are spread in various parts of the country and are GlobalGAP certified...
View ArticleLess Flower Exporters in Costa Rica
Flower growers and exporters have decreased in almost 71% from 2009. The Chamber of Plants, Flowers and Foliage Exporters reduced its members from 93 to 27. This is why the exports of this industry...
View ArticleSector Trade Performance
0 http://countryprofile.intracen.org/SectorialDiversificationInProducts.aspx en 320 TOTAL Guatemala 1 http://countryprofile.intracen.org/SectorialDiversificationInProducts.aspx en 320 TOTAL Guatemala...
View ArticleCardamom prices rising
Forecasts for the 2015 Gautemalan cardamom crop are that it will be lower than 2013/2014.
View ArticleCounter-season melons, a model for the future
The 2013-14 season for off-season melons seems to have marked a hiatus in the structural difficulties experienced over the past few seasons thanks to the small respite brought by the Brazilian...
View ArticleAfrican, Latin American women set to make US$ 1.25 million in coffee sales in...
Women coffee entrepreneurs from Africa and Latin America are tapping new business opportunities and making sales through connections arranged by the International Trade Centre (ITC) in partnership with...
View ArticleCut Flower imports into the United States diminished
Flower trade in the United States is undergoing a transformation as consumers now prefer ornamental plants. Flower imports are decreasing continuously and flower shops are closing in the U.S., giving...
View ArticleEl Nino adversely affects Guatemalan cardamom crop
El Nino is reported to be having a significant adverse effect on the Guatemalan cardamom crop – and Guatemala dominates the supply of cardamom (and so cardamom oil) to the international market.
View ArticleEl Nino impact on Guatemalan cardamom crop
In a recent market report, the UK-based flavor and fragrance supplier Treat commented on the situation in Guatemala.
View ArticleGuatemala launches new trade association
Several of Guatemala’s biggest importers and exporters have formed a new body to promote the country’s fresh produce industry in global markets.
View ArticleCardamom smuggling?
The Economic Times of India reports on possible smuggling of Guatemalan cardamom into India as prices rise.
View ArticleGetting smart about sustainability data to improve livelihoods, meet consumer...
Open data – and diverse data – make the difference in fostering sustainable trade worldwide, and this can only be done through partnerships among farmers, business and government. That’s the takeaway...
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