Guatemala’s Coffee Exports In New Coffee Year 2023-2024 Rise, Driven By Shipments From Previous Year
Guatemala’s Coffee Exports In New Coffee Year 2023-2024 Rise, Driven By Shipments From Previous Year
Coffee Network (Bogota) –After Guatemala’s coffee exports fell in the 2022-2023 coffee year below the 3 million 60-kg mark, exports have recovered in the new 2023-2024 year, according to figures from the Guatemala’s coffee association Anacafe.
The Central American nation exported 211,176 bags of 60-kg in October-December 31, compared with 168,315 bags in the same period in the previous year.
Measured in quintals, the Central American nation shipped 275,448 quintals the period in the new coffee year, up from 219,588 quintals.
Of total exports, some 225,688 quintals came from last year’s coffee year, sharply higher than the 127,732 quintals that came from the previous year.
The harvest of Guatemala began in September but the harvest is delayed by three to four weeks, Gustavo Ruiz, general manager of Unex, the local unit of giant Itochu.
In the 2022-2023, the Central American nation exported a total of 2.967 million bags of 60 kg in the October-September 30 period, down from 3.322 million bags of 60 kg in the same period last year.
Guatemala has historically experienced a shortfall of coffee pickers. Guatemala is one of the countries in Central America reporting the highest migration to the US, which has resulted in a shortage of labour, the exporter added.
The value of exports totaled US$57.30 million in the new coffee year, up from $55.43 million.
Guatemala’s coffee exports totaled a revised 3.32 million bags of 60-kg in the 2021-2022 coffee year, down from 3.65 million bags in the coffee year 2020-2021, the coffee association Anacafe said. Coffee export revenues brought in $1.13 billion in 2021-2022, up from $886.3 million in the preceding coffee year.
The coffee industry generates around 500,000 jobs in Guatemala, while 125,000 families produce coffee.
By Diana Delgado
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