02.04.03.00 - Switzerland(3)
Summary dataPopulation: 7.5 million.2007 green bean imports: 1.558 million bags; Brazil led with 33%.Colombia, Vietnam India, Honduras, Guatemala and Costa Rica provided a further 45.
View Article02.06.00.00 - Japan(3)
Summary dataPopulation: 128 million.Gross 2008 imports all forms were 7.061 mln bags GBE million bags of whichGreen bean 6.459 mln bags.Main green bean suppliers: Brazil 25%, Colombia 22%, Vietnam 14%,...
View Article03.03.02.00 - Mapping technology in coffee marketing(3)
Not only can authoritative information about where or how a coffee is grown contribute to making it a successful specialty or organic coffee, but it can also help prevent misrepresentation.
View Article03.05.05.00 - Codes of conduct(3)
Codes of conduct or codes of practice such as Eurepgap (see 03.05.04) are a good example of how purchasing power translates into change at the producing end.
View Article03.05.07.00 - UTZ CERTIFIED(4)
UTZ CERTIFIED 'Good inside' (until early 2007 known as Utz Kapeh = "good coffee" in a Maya language from Guatemala) is a worldwide certification program for responsible coffee production and sourcing.
View Article12.11.00.00 - Grading and classification - some examples(2)
Green coffee is graded and classified for export with the ultimate aim of producing the best cup quality and thereby securing the highest price. However, there is no universal grading and...
View Article06.02.01.00 - Traditional auctions(3)
There is growing interest in Internet auctions for selling specialty coffee. The concept and many of the legal, technical and practical aspects were developed under the auspices of the ICO/ITC/CFC...
View Article11.08.01.00 - 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...
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