Categoria: Geral
Coffee Caps Monthly Slump; Sugar Declines; Cotton Rallies
01/06/2012 BLOOMBERG (USA) Coffee futures fell, capping the longest monthly slide in 31 years, as global supply outpaces demand, while slowing economies erode consumption prospects. Sugar also dropped. Cotton, cocoa and orange juice rose. Global coffee production will rise to 134.3 million bags in the season that started in October in most countries, up […]
Threat to Arabica Harvest
29/05/2012 Threat to Arabica Harvest THE WALL STREET JOURNAL (USA) Low Futures Prices for Gourmet Coffee Beans May Lead to Lower Investment A steep drop in arabica coffee futures this year is souring prospects for the next harvest of some of the world’s most coveted beans. Coffee producers from verdant highlands of the […]
Robusta Coffee Gains to Eight-Month High on Vietnam Sales
21/05/2012 Robusta Coffee Gains to Eight-Month High on Vietnam Sales BLOOMBERG (USA) Robusta coffee climbed to the highest price in more than eight months as sales in Vietnam slowed, sending local prices to the highest since October. Sales of beans in Vietnam, the largest grower of robusta beans, slowed as farmers’ stockpiles became […]
Terra Forte Sees Brazil’s Coffee Crop at 53.9 Million Bags
Terra Forte Sees Brazil’s Coffee Crop at 53.9 Million Bags BLOOMBERG (USA) Brazil, the world’s largest coffee grower, will produce 53.9 million bags of the beans in the coming 2012-13 crop year, according to Terra Forte Exportacao e Importacao de Cafe Ltda. That is unchanged from a February forecast and higher than the 50.4 […]
CORR/ALIMENTAIRES/Revue hebdo: sucre encore plus bas, café et cacao plus stables
CORR/ALIMENTAIRES/Revue hebdo: sucre encore plus bas, café et cacao plus stables ROMANDIE (FRANCE) Les prix des matières alimentaires ont été marqués cette semaine par une nouvelle baisse des cours du sucre, au plus bas depuis plus de 20 mois en raison d’une offre surabondante, tandis que le cacao et le café tendaient à se […]
Brazil Good-Cup Coffee Discount Widens as Demand Slows Down
14/05/2012 Brazil Good-Cup Coffee Discount Widens as Demand Slows Down BLOOMBERG (USA) Buyers of good cup-quality coffee from Brazil, the world’s largest producer of the commodity, are getting a bigger discount for their beans amid slower demand, according to Volcafe, a unit of ED&F Man Holdings Ltd. Good-cup beans for June and July […]
Conab: Brazil should produce 50.45 million bags in 2012
The second estimate of production of coffee (Arabica and conilon) for the 2012 season indicates that the country should harvest 50.45 million bags of 60 pounds of the processed product. The result represents an increase of 16.0% compared with the yield obtained in the previous season which was 43.48 million bags. This growth is mainly […]
HOW TO REMOVE 15 MILLION BAGS FROM THE MARKET? By Rodrigo Costa
The increase on the cost to finance Spain’s debt has put a negative pressure on European Exchanges. In the USA, the closing on the shortened week saw a slight drop, and the low number of jobs created in March will make the market open lower today, this post-Easter Monday. The commodities still behaved well, despite […]
Robusta Coffee Supplies May Match Demand, Armajaro Says
By Isis Almeida – Mar 28, 2012 1:14Robusta coffee supplies may about match demand in the 2011-12 season that started in October on high consumption of the cheaper beans, according to Armajaro Trading Group Ltd., a supplier of sugar, cocoa and coffee.Demand for robusta jumped 5 percent in the past year, said Sergio Tristao, president […]
Coffee Stocks May Fall to ‘Critical’ Level Before Brazil’s Crop
By Isis Almeida – Mar 26, 2012Coffee stockpiles may fall to “critical” levels before the start of the next harvest in Brazil, the world’s largest coffee grower, according to the country’s National Coffee Council.Coffee inventories in exporting countries were 17.4 million bags at the start of the 2011-12 season, the lowest on record, the London-based […]
Brazil’s Coffee Exports Seen Reaching 2.1 Million Bags
Brazil’s Coffee Exports Seen Reaching 2.1 Million Bags BLOOMBERG (USA) Coffee exports from Brazil, the world’s largest producer, may be about 2.1 million bags this month, almost the same as shipments in January and February, according to Flavour Coffee. “The pace of March shipments is about the same pace as February,” the Rio de […]
Brazil May Become World’s Biggest Coffee Consumer in Three Years
Brazil, the world’s largest coffee producer, may become the biggest consumer in two to three years, according to Marcos Pinta Gama, the country’s permanent representative tointernational organizations in London.Brazil consumed 18.9 million bags of coffee in 2010, up 4 percent from a year earlier, according to the London-based International Coffee Organization. That compares with 21.8 […]
Coffee Crop in Indonesia Poised for Highest in 3 Years – BLOOMBERG
06/03/2012 BLOOMBERG (USA) The coffee harvest in Indonesia, the third-biggest grower of the robusta variety used in instant drinks and espressos, is set to climb to the largest in three years, potentially capping an 11 percent rally. Production may increase 20 percent to 10 million bags this year from 8.3 million bags a year […]
Blé : Les exportations agricoles françaises en hausse
14/02/2012 ZONEBOURSE (FRANCE) L’excédent des échanges agroalimentaires français est de 11,6 milliards d’euros en 2011. Il atteint un record en dépassant de 3,6 milliards d’euros celui de 2010 selon une note du Ministère de l’Agriculture, de l’Alimentation et de la Pêche, parue le 10 février. Cette hausse s’explique notamment par un excédent en produits […]
Drippy No More
Drippy No More THE WALL STREET JOURNAL (USA) Once viewed as filler for mass-market brands, Brazilian coffee is hot. A look at its sweet and nutty charms James Freeman, owner of the roaster and Oakland, Calif.-based cafe chain Blue Bottle Coffee Company, just got back from a coffee-buying spree in Brazil. He visited a […]