Coffee exports fall 9.34% in 2012

Exports of Indian coffee was down 10%

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Neha Pandey Deoras Bangalore
Last Updated : Jan 29 2013 | 2:34 PM IST

Coffee exports declined 9.34% between January and December 2012.

In 2012, India exported 310,886 tonne of coffee valued at Rs 4,728.71 crore (or $926.27 million). In comparison, 342,952 tonne of coffee was exported between January and December 2011, valued at Rs 4,823.48 crore (or $1,043.75 million).

In this period, 262,545 tonne of Indian Coffee was exported, down 10%. And 48,341 tonne of Instant Coffee was re-exported.

Indian coffee is the one grown in India and exported, whereas re-exported coffee is the one imported by India, refined / processed and then exported again.

For the financial year 2013 so far, that is, between April and December 2012, India exported 210,858 tonne of coffee valued at Rs 3,270.09 crore ($625.11 million) as opposed to 244,798 tonne worth Rs 3,385.29 crore ($737.41 million).

In the first three months of the coffee year, between October to December 2012, coffee exports dropped 16.50% to 47,159 tonne worth Rs 771.49 crore (or $142.46 million).

India exports coffee to Italy, Russia, Germany, Belgium, Slovenia, Malaysia, Spain, Turkey, Jordan and the US.

The top five coffee exporters in India include CCL Products with a little over 10% market share, Allanasons (9.86%), NKG Jayanti Coffee (8.50%), Tata Coffee (around 7%) and Amalgamated Bean Coffee that runs the well known Cafe Coffee Day brand (6.83%).

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