COFFEE EXPORTS UP 6%.Honduras Honduras (hŏnd  r`əs, –dyr`–; Span., ōnd coffee exports rose 6% to 3,1415,757 46-kg bags in the
2001/02 coffee harvest, as prices for the beans See JavaBeans. from the poor exporter
rose compared to neighbor countries suffering from the third year of a
coffee crisis, preliminary figures from the Honduras Coffee Institute
show, reports Reuters ReutersBritish cooperative news agency. Founded in 1851 by Paul Julius Reuter, it was initially concerned with commercial news but began to serve a growing newspaper clientele after the London Morning Advertiser subscribed in 1858. (Oct. 1, 2002). September exports were nearly five times as high this year as they were last year, with some 156,780 46-kg bags exported to Sept. 30. "About 1 million 46-kg bags have been going annually to Guatemala (as contraband contraband, in international law, goods necessary or useful in the prosecution of war that a belligerent may lawfully seize from a neutral who is attempting to deliver them to the enemy. ), attracted by higher prices, but this year the local market had higher prices than in Guatemala and the coffee was bought and exported from our country," said Manuel Reyes, the president of the Honduras Coffee Exporters Association. Copyright 2002 |
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