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The Pros And Cons Of Coffee

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Coffee is one of the most popular beverages in the world and therefore is a popular commodity. More than 2.25 billion cups of coffee are consumed every day. Over 90% of coffee is produced in developing countries, and millions of small producers’ income comes from growing coffee. Coffee is produced and exported mostly from South American countries, while mainly industrialized countries are the ones importing the most coffee. Worldwide, 25 million small producers rely on coffee for a living, and in Brazil, over 5 million people are employed by the commodity. Brazil is the top country in exporting coffee and is where almost a third of the whole world’s production of coffee is. Coffee is a more labor-intensive work culture than other commodities like sugar cane or cattle because it is not automated work and requires attention.
It is a major export commodity and was the top agricultural export for 12 countries in 2004. It was the second most valuable commodity exported by developing countries from 1970 to 2000. World coffee production predicted for 2017/18 is 159 million bags which is the same as the last year because lower output in Brazil is offset by higher production in Vietnam, Mexico, and Indonesia and slight increases in other countries. World exports of green coffee are expected to stay steady with 111 million bags. Global consumption is estimated to be a record 158 million bags so ending inventories are expected to decrease to 34 million bags after being higher the previous 5 years. The countries that exported the highest dollar value worth of coffee during the year 2016 are Brazil, Vietnam, Columbia, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, and Indonesia. Brazil accounted for 15.9% of total coffee exports, which was 5.2 billion dollars. Brazil’s Arabica output is forecast to drop 5.1 million bags to 40.5 million. Coffee trees in top growing regions in Brazil, Southern Minas Gerais and Sao Paulo, have shown excellent development and growers have intensified crop management, which are some of the reasons why Brazil produces so much and exports coffee. There is also a lot of rainfall which has supported development. Vietnam exported 4.7 billion dollars which was 10.5% of total world exports. Vietnam’s production is

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