The Colombian Coffee Growers Federation (FNC) has exported more than one million 60-kilo bags of specialty green coffee between January and the second week of October 2013.
This is the first time more than a million bags of specialty coffee have been exported in a span of less than 10 months, the FNC claims.
However, this new Colombian coffee industry record does not include specialty coffee sales in the growing domestic market to domestic roasters.
FNC claims that the record exports are a result of its value-added strategy and differentiation, which allows an increased value share for specialty coffee producers in the segment.
The exported specialty coffee allows the FNC to provide quality premiums to farmers.
In addition, FNC is planning to export about 1.2 million bags of Colombian specialty coffees by the end of 2013.
