Burundi’s Coffee Sales Increased 21% in January, Authority Says
By Desire Nimubona -
2012-02-21T11:00:45Z
Burundi sold 663,000 kilograms (1.46 million pounds) of coffee in January, 21 percent more than a month earlier, according to the industry’s regulator.
Farmers in the East African nation earned $2.4 million from the sales, up from $2.2 million in December, the Burundi Coffee Authority said in a statement handed to reporters today in the capital, Bujumbura.
To contact the reporter on this story: Desire Nimubona in Bujumbura via Nairobi at pmrichardson@bloomberg.net
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