RI coffee output rising

RI coffee output rising

LONDON (Reuter): Indonesian coffee production is expected to fall to 5.8 million bags in 1994/95 but should bounce back to 7.3 million in 1995/96, the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) said in its latest coffee report.

"Heavy rains in early 1994 badly affected flowering, so production in 1994/95 will be lower than it was in 1993/94 at around 5.8 million bags," the EIU said in its report, entitled "Coffee to 2000 -- a market untamed". The EIU predicts production will bounce back to 7.3 million bags in 1995/96, reaching 7.5 million by 2000.

The EIU expects Indonesia's exports to reach 3.98 million bags in 1994/95, 5.3 million in 1995/96 and up to 5.4 million in 1999/2000.