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Coffee Importers Stockpiling On Fears Over Coronavirus Lockdowns

Coffee importers in some of the largest consuming countries are stockpiling, bringing forward orders by up to a month to avoid shortages if supply chains a...

Colombia Launches Plan To Guarantee Sustainable Coffee Production

Colombia, the world's top producer of washed arabica, has laid out what it called a road map to guarantee sustainable production of coffee for th...

Quality Coffee Shortage Trips Up Funds To Send Prices Soaring

A shortage of high quality arabica coffees has boosted spot prices in Central America, Colombia and Brazil, catching speculators who bet on falling futures...

EU To Challenge Colombia At WTO To Protect Belgian Fries

The European Union will file a complaint at the World Trade Organisation against Colombia over duties imposed on imports of frozen potato fries, EU trade c...

Colombia To Create Fund To Rescue Coffee Farmers When Prices Drop

Colombia, the world's top supplier of washed arabica, is creating a special fund to subsidise coffee farmers when production costs fall below international...

French Retailer Casino's Brazil Arm To Buy Out Colombian Unit

Retailer Casino said on Thursday that it plans to restructure its Latin America business through its Brazil and Colombian units in a move aimed at improvin...

Smurfit Kappa To Take Full Control Of Cartón de Colombia

Packaging firm Smurfit Kappa has announced that it plans to launch a tender offer to acquire the minority shares in Cartón de Colombia S.A., a produ...