Coffee exports get 'instant' boost

Instant coffee contributed 25.5% to total exports during April- August

India’s emergence as the export hub of instant coffee is pushing up overall coffee exports from the country. Coffee exports rose to 1,77,805 tonnes during April-August 2017 from 1,62,641 tonnes in the same period last year. In terms of value, the exports rose to $447 million from $363.1 million.

Speaking to Business Standard on the sidelines of the 124th annual conference of the United Planters Association of Southern India (UPASI) at Coonoor, Y Raghuramulu, director of research at Coffee Board, said India was becoming the hub of value-added products.

The exports, he said, were driven by value-added coffee (instant coffee),