India’s coffee exports have increased by 3 per cent to 196,000 tonnes in the first 10 months of this year as slowing re-exports of value-added products cut the overall growth rate by a half. The growth of coffee export was 6 per cent in August.
According to the Coffee Board, the provisional exports of coffee from January 1 and October 30, including re-exports, stood at 196,000 tonnes, against 190,000 tonnes in the year-ago period.
Though provisional coffee re-exports shot up to 19,761 tonnes against 12,182 tonnes in the same period a year ago, the rise is not as dramatic as in the first eight months of the year. Re-exports almost doubled to 16,238 tonnes in the first eight months, from 8,722 tonnes in the year-ago period.
Re-exports refer to the imported coffee components which get exported after value addition in the country.