Ethiopian Washed Coffee Prices Rise Up to 17.5% in Week
Prices for washed arabica coffee from Ethiopia rose by as much as 17.5 percent last week in trading on the Ethiopia Commodity Exchange.
Volumes of both washed and unwashed coffee traded rose to 5,410 metric tons in the week ended April. 1 from 4,307 tons a week earlier, the Addis Ababa-based exchange said in an e-mailed report today.
The following are prices for the most heavily traded types of arabica in dollars per pound on the last day they were exchanged in the week.
Week-on-week data may also reflect changes in exchange rates. Volumes are in metric tons and percentage change is measured from the previous week’s closing price.
Unwashed Region Type Grade Volume Price % change Forest A 9 76.50 $1.6602 -4.7% Forest A UG 153.00 $1.6127 -4.8% Forest B 8 35.70 $1.7076 -0.2% Forest B 9 35.70 $1.6127 -9.1% Harar A 5 40.80 $2.0396 n/a Harar B 6 56.10 $1.7076 -5.0% Harar C 4 33.15 $1.8262 -3.4% Jimma A 7 63.75 $1.9210 -3.2% Jimma A 8 88.30 $1.6760 -0.5% Jimma A 9 216.48 $1.5890 -1.6% Jimma A UG 33.15 $1.5811 -8.8% Jimma B 5 53.55 $1.9606 0.8% Jimma B 6 105.37 $1.9527 0.2% Jimma B 7 168.30 $1.9448 -2.2% Jimma B 8 32.57 $1.7708 -10.8% Keffa n/a UG 40.80 $1.6127 n/a Lekempte n/a 3 43.35 $2.0792 -0.9% Lekempte n/a 4 68.85 $2.0554 -1.3% Lekempte n/a 5 135.15 $1.9922 -1.7% Lekempte n/a 6 155.55 $1.9527 -2.9% Lekempte n/a 7 186.15 $1.9210 -2.6% Local Byproduct n/a 3 32.16 $1.4325 -14.1% Sidama A 4 38.25 $2.0001 -2.7% Sidama A 5 127.50 $1.9369 -0.6% Sidama A 6 511.48 $1.8689 -0.8% Sidama A 7 117.30 $1.8262 -2.3% Sidama B 7 43.35 $1.8025 n/a Sidama D 6 45.24 $1.8815 -4.0% Yirgacheffe B 5 48.45 $1.8499 -8.2% Yirgacheffe B 6 252.45 $1.8420 -2.5% Yirgacheffe B 7 265.20 $1.7866 -4.8% Yirgacheffe B 8 33.15 $1.7076 -0.9% Washed Bebeka n/a 4 100.81 $1.8578 17.5% Limu A 3 34.20 $1.9606 1.2% Limu A 4 41.40 $1.9922 1.9% Limu A 6 37.79 $1.7155 n/a Sidama A 3 175.93 $2.1661 1.1% Sidama A 4 189.48 $2.0871 -0.2% Sidama A 5 95.39 $1.9052 -2.2% Sidama B 4 118.81 $2.0080 2.3% Sidama C 4 45.00 $1.9764 -6.7% Sidama C 3 88.20 $2.0080 -2.3% Sidama C 4 131.41 $1.9448 -1.8% Yirgacheffe B 3 144.01 $2.1471 2.1% Yirgacheffe B 5 55.79 $1.9606 3.2%
To contact the reporter on this story: William Davison in Addis Ababa via Johannesburg at 1999 or pmrichardson@bloomberg.net
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Antony Sguazzin at asguazzin@bloomberg.net
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