Coffee Exports From Indonesia’s Sumatra Surge to Four-Year High

Coffee shipments from Indonesia, the third-largest producer of the robusta variety used by Nestle SA in instant drinks, jumped in July to a four-year high after prices surged and farmers sold beans before a festival.

Exports from southern Sumatra’s provinces of Lampung, Bengkulu and South Sumatra climbed 378 percent to 55,709 metric tons from 11,648 tons in June, the Lampung trade and industry office said in a statement today. That’s the highest since 57,282 tons sold in June 2009 and compares with 21,685 tons shipped in July 2012. The provinces account for about 75 percent of the country’s supplies that include beans and instant coffee.