Vietnam beats Brazil to top global coffee exports in March

[Viet]

By Ho Binh Minh
April 12, 2017 | 07:10 pm GMT+7

Coffee beans are seen at a Hanoi exhibition in a file photo. Vietnam has beaten Brazil to be the world's largest coffee exporter in March, industry data show. Photo by Reuters/Kham

Vietnam exported 2.8 million bags of coffee last month, topping Brazil's shipments of 2.71 million bags.

Vietnam exported 168,000 tons, or 2.8 million bags, of coffee last month, beating the world's biggest producer Brazil to become the world's largest exporter of the commodity for the second time in a year, based on industry reports.

The March outflow from Vietnam, already the world's largest producer of the robusta variety that's used mainly for making instant coffee, fell nearly 7 percent from the same month in 2016, Vietnam Customs data showed. However, it was the highest shipment Vietnam has loaded on a monthly basis since April 2016.

Meanwhile, Brazil exported 2.71 million bags of coffee in March, including 2.32 million bags of arabica, 20,626 bags of conillon - a robusta variety - and 343,278 bags of instant coffee, based on data from the Brazilian Coffee Exporters Council. One bag weighs 60 kilograms.

Brazil is dealing with a domestic coffee shortfall due to a smaller robusta crop, and at one stage in February had planned to import the commodity, probably from Vietnam.

While higher yield could raise the country's arabica output in the 2016/2017 crop to a record 45.6 million bags, robusta production could drop to a 10-year low of 10.5 million bags "due to above-average temperatures and prolonged dry spells in the main growing region," the U.S. Department of Agriculture said.

Vietnam also briefly seized the crown as the world's largest coffee exporter in April last year, a ranking it managed to hold through July 2016, based on monthly customs data and the Brazilian council.

The March 2017 shipment brought Vietnam's total coffee exports to 834,100 tons for the first half of the 2016/2017 crop year, up 2 percent from a year ago and the highest volume in three crop years, based on Vietnam Customs data released on Monday.

Vietnam's coffee crop year lasts between October and September.

Traders in Vietnam said the country's faster export pace in the current season was due to stockpiling by international trading firms and roasters due to an anticipated smaller harvest this year in export rival Indonesia and falling shipments in recent months from Brazil.

The faster shipping pace and dwindling domestic stocks could prompt Vietnam to face a shortage in May-June, top exporter Intimex said last month.


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[grey boy 2]

I'm a big fan of Vietnamese coffee, however i found the traditional way is kinda of time consuming, has been trying some instant packets one from Vietnamese supermarket which taste terrible, can you recommend me a good "instant one" thanks in advance

 

[Place Of Space]

I'm a big fan of Vietnamese coffee, however i found the traditional way is kinda of time consuming, has been trying some instant packets one from Vietnamese supermarket which taste terrible, can you recommend me a good "instant one" thanks in advance

I quit coffee, it damnly impacts my sleeping. I prefer to pure water or beer hahaha.

 

[grey boy 2]

I quit coffee, it damnly impacts my sleeping. I prefer to pure water or beer hahaha.

I love coffee, can't survive without a few cups daily lol

 

[Place Of Space]

I love coffee, can't survive without a few cups daily lol

I am not young anymore, when I remember this, I feel terribly bad.

 

[frequency]

I'm a big fan of Vietnamese coffee, however i found the traditional way is kinda of time consuming, has been trying some instant packets one from Vietnamese supermarket which taste terrible, can you recommend me a good "instant one" thanks in advance

There's an old saying "waiting longer for something usually turns out better"

The arabica beans sold at $3500 USD per ton. So almost $0.6 billion USD.

 

[Aawish]

We in Pakistan prefer tea, but occasionally drink coffee, mostly in winters & we don't know if it is Vietnamese or Brazilian, it is just Nescafe.

 

[Goenitz]

I'm a big fan of Vietnamese coffee, however i found the traditional way is kinda of time consuming, has been trying some instant packets one from Vietnamese supermarket which taste terrible, can you recommend me a good "instant one" thanks in advance

never drink instant coffee as it isn't.. instead it contain coffee beans, barley, etc
watch number 3

 

[Shotgunner51]

I love coffee, can't survive without a few cups daily lol

Same here, many Shanghainese can't live a day without it! Hokkien and Cantonese prefer tea.
In fact I am having some coffee from Vietnam at this minute, it says Trung Nguyen from Binh Duong province, bought that through evil Jack Ma (T-Mall).

 

[Viet]

I love coffee, can't survive without a few cups daily lol

Good choice. You should try iced coffee too. Tea is only for weaklings

 

[sinait]

Good choice. You should try iced coffee too. Tea is only for weaklings

Ah what an awful thing to say. Tea is more relaxing and good for the heart. I think generally highly strung people drink coffee. They need coffee to soothe their nerves.

 

[Götterdämmerung]

We in Pakistan prefer tea, but occasionally drink coffee, mostly in winters & we don't know if it is Vietnamese or Brazilian, it is just Nescafe.

Don't buy anything from Nestlé, they put lots of GMO and Monsanto filth into their products. And they steal water from poor farmers in developing countries.

I make my own Vietnamese coffee. But only buy organic ingredients.

 

[Viet]

Ah what an awful thing to say. Tea is more relaxing and good for the heart. I think generally highly strung people drink coffee. They need coffee to soothe their nerves.

Ha ha ha I know that is the Asian way: drinking tea and relax. Vietnam is probably the only country in Asia that has very strong coffee culture. Very much similar to Europe.

Lots of cafe houses at every corner in every city of Vietnam. People go there for coffee. Not tea.

 

[sinait]

Ha ha ha I know that is the Asian way: drinking tea and relax. Vietnam is probably the only country in Asia that has very strong coffee culture. Very much similar to Europe.

Lots of cafe houses at every corner in every city of Vietnam. People go there for coffee. Not tea.

I think Singapore drink more coffee also. I drink tea daily and coffee once a while. That weakling labeling is hard to swallow, haha. Coffee got no anti sleep effect on me. More and more people need coffee to be able to concentrate on their jobs and long working hours. Not sure where my coffee is from.

 

[Viet]

I think Singapore drink more coffee also. I drink tea daily and coffee once a while. That weakling labeling is hard to swallow, haha. Coffee got no anti sleep effect on me. More and more people need coffee to be able to concentrate on their jobs and long working hours. Not sure where my coffee is from.

Ha ha weakling is a joke.

I'm a big fan of Vietnamese coffee, however i found the traditional way is kinda of time consuming, has been trying some instant packets one from Vietnamese supermarket which taste terrible, can you recommend me a good "instant one" thanks in advance

one of my favorites: Jacobs Krönung Gold Instant coffee. Very cheap at german discount supermarkets. Or You can possibly order online at amazon.