- 1、本文档共9页,可阅读全部内容。
- 2、原创力文档(book118)网站文档一经付费(服务费),不意味着购买了该文档的版权,仅供个人/单位学习、研究之用,不得用于商业用途,未经授权,严禁复制、发行、汇编、翻译或者网络传播等,侵权必究。
- 3、本站所有内容均由合作方或网友上传,本站不对文档的完整性、权威性及其观点立场正确性做任何保证或承诺!文档内容仅供研究参考,付费前请自行鉴别。如您付费,意味着您自己接受本站规则且自行承担风险,本站不退款、不进行额外附加服务;查看《如何避免下载的几个坑》。如果您已付费下载过本站文档,您可以点击 这里二次下载。
- 4、如文档侵犯商业秘密、侵犯著作权、侵犯人身权等,请点击“版权申诉”(推荐),也可以打举报电话:400-050-0827(电话支持时间:9:00-18:30)。
查看更多
E
MONTHLY COFFEE MARKET REPORT
April 2011
Coffee prices, particularly those of Arabicas, reached new highs in April. The monthly average of the
ICO composite indicator price in April was 231.24 compared to 224.33 US cents/lb in March 2011, the
highest monthly level recorded since June 1977. On the other hand price volatility decreased compared to
March. At this time of the year the market traditionally starts speculating about the possible risk of frost in
Brazil during winter. However, changes in the location of Brazilian production in recent decades mean that
the risk of frost has diminished considerably. Speculative movements driven by the precarious balance
between supply and demand accentuated the firmness in Arabica prices during April.
Despite this firmness in prices, the depreciation of the US dollar reduced export earnings of many
exporting countries, in particular Brazil, Colombia, Guatemala, India, Indonesia and Mexico. The US Dollar
Index, calculated in relation to a basket of six major currencies, fell to 72.93 on 29 April 2011 from 75.83 on
4 April 2011, its lowest level since 22 April 2008 when the level of 71.32 was recorded. Moreover, prices of
oil products have continued to rise, further increasing costs of the important production factors in the coffee
supply chain, such as transport and fertilizers.
Exports by all exporting countries during March 2011 reached a new high of 10.4 million bags,
bringing the cumulative total for the first six months of coffe
文档评论(0)