Central American coffee loses premium, despite fresh disease fears
Prices of so-called “other mild” arabica coffee, produced in the main in Central America, extended their discount to Colombian mild beans to the highest in years, despite worries over a fresh disease outbreak in Honduras.The price of other mild beans – grown mainly in the likes of Guatemala, Mexico and Honduras, but also in southern Africa and some Caribbean islands – extended their recent decline to hit 144.80 cents a pound on Wednesday, according to the International Coffee Organization.
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