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Specialty coffee auction reaches new record prices: average of 22.77 USD/lb and highest of 120.5 USD/lb
The international auction of the best lots from the Colombia, Land of Diversity competition continues setting new price records, attracting more and more interest among bidders eager to acquire the country’s best specialty coffees.
YTD Colombian coffee production falls 6%
As a result of excess rainfall and lower fertilization levels • In the last 12 months, exports fell 9% to 10.8 million bags versus the 11.9 million exported a year earlier. Bogotá, May 4, 2023 (FNC Press Office) – The registered YTD product…
German Bahamon is elected new FNC CEO
48 years old, he was unanimously elected by the Extraordinary National Congress of Coffee Growers, its FNC highest authority and instance of deliberation.
Colombian coffee production falls in March
In the last 12 months, exports fell 10% to 10.9 million bags from the 12.1 million exported a year earlier.
National Coffee Growers Committee selects shortlist of three candidates for FNC CEO
The shortlist is made up of Germán Alberto Bahamón Jaramillo, Sandra Morelli, and Santiago Pardo Salguero. The new CEO will be elected on April 27.
Colombian coffee production rises 10% in February
The figure begins to show recovery in the harvest volume In the same month, exports declined 6% to 928,000 60-kg bags of green coffee from 983,000 bags sold abroad in the same month of 2022. Bogotá, March 6, 2023 (FNC Press Office) –…
Colombian coffee production reaches 868,000 bags in January
The figure coincides with that of January 2022 In the last 12 months, coffee exports fell 10% to 11.2 million bags versus the almost 12.4 million exported a year earlier. Bogotá, February 6, 2023 (FNC Press Office) – In January, registered…
Colombian coffee production closes 2022 at 11.1 million bags
The figure is down 12% from that of 2021 due to heavy rainfall In 2022, coffee exports declined 8% to just over 11.4 million 60-kg bags of green coffee from 12.4 million bags sold abroad in 2021. Bogotá, January 4, 2023 (FNC Press Office)…
Almacafé launches agrochemicals and ochratoxins laboratory (ALAO)
With an investment of about USD 524,000 It is the first in the sector and offers specialized analyses to identify traces of pesticides and fungal toxins in green, roasted and soluble coffee. These modern facilities will help Colombian cof…