HÀ NỘI — Silvio Farnesi, Brazilan Ministry of Agriculture’s manager in charge of coffee, said the Brazilian government has approved import of robusta coffee for the first time in history, including from Việt Nam. This is to meet domestic demand for instant coffee production, he said. Brazil plans to import one million sacks of coffee, each equivalent to 60kg, by this May, with a maximum of 250,000 sacks per month. As the world’s top green coffee producer and instant coffee exporter, Brazil produced 49.6 million sacks of coffee, up 14.8 per cent annually. Arabica is mainly used for roasted and ground coffee production while robusta is used for instant coffee.

Source: Viet Nam News February 20, 2017 07:41 UTC