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 due to high bi annuality years.

In volume terms, the production of Arabica grew by 5,944,200 bags,and 1032.0000 conilon of bags of coffee. Confirming the result, this will be the largest crop ever produced in the country, surpassing the volume of 48.48 million bags harvested in 2002/03. The table below shows that in the last four seasons of biannuality positive, output growth remains constant, demonstrating that the increased use of mechanization, combined with technological innovations, market demands for product quality and good management of the activity are factors extremely important and necessary for the advancement and modernization of the coffee The area planted to Arabica and conilon species in the country totaled 2,346,480hectares. The results show an increase of 3.02% of the area existing in 2278.1000 ha2011 harvest, ie 68 378 ha were added.