Brazil’s 2010 coffee exports earn record $5.7 bln

Brazil had a record year exporting coffee in 2010, bringing in $5.7 billion from the bitter beans and consolidating its position as easily the world’s biggest coffee producer, data released Monday showed.
Brazil’s Council of Coffee Exporters (CECAFE) said in a statement that revenue was 33 percent higher than for 2009 and that the volume exported was the biggest in five years at 33 million bags, nine percent more than for the previous year. Read Article