Uganda Lowers Coffee-Export Forecast as Drought Cuts Yields
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Uganda, Africa’s second-biggest coffee exporter, slashed its shipment forecast for the 2010-11 season by 16 percent after a drought cut yields, the Uganda Coffee Development Authority said.
Exports in the 12 months through September 2011 may drop to 2.6 million 60-kilogram (132-pound) bags, compared with a Sept. 20 estimate of 3.1 million bags, an official at the UCDA said by phone today from Kampala, the capital. He declined to be identified because the information isn’t public.