Asia coffee shipments unaffected by attack on Afghanistan
\nDow Jones
\nSingapore<\/p>\n
Asian coffee export shipments for the fourth quarter haven't
\nbeen hampered by the U.S.-led attack against targets in
\nAfghanistan, industry participants said Monday.<\/p>\n
Exporters from India, Vietnam and Indonesia said their
\nshipments will arrive as scheduled in Europe, Japan or U.S. ports
\nas the vessels carrying the coffee won't pass through the
\nconflict zone.<\/p>\n
\"Indian coffee is shipped out mostly through the Cochin or
\nChennai ports in the southern part of India. These ports are far
\nfrom Afghanistan,\" said Hameed Huq, vice president for operations
\nof Tata Coffee Ltd. - one of India's biggest coffee exporters.<\/p>\n
\"We haven't heard of any delays,\" said one official at a major
\ntrading house in Ho Chi Minh city.<\/p>\n
Some Mediterranean ports are reportedly charging a war
\nsurcharge for incoming shipments, he added. But he said any such
\nsurcharge isn't collected in most European ports or in other
\nports around the world.<\/p>\n
Nuril Hakim, vice chairman of Indonesia Coffee Exporters
\nAssociation, said Indonesia's coffee shipments to Japan, South
\nKorea and Europe are on schedule.<\/p>\n
\"The Indonesian exporters' problem now is the low world prices
\nand big production from Vietnam and Brazil,\" Nuril said, adding
\nthat the conflict between the U.S. and Afghanistan isn't a main
\nconcern for the association at the moment.<\/p>",
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