Brazilian coffee exporters shipped 2.73 million 60-kg bags of coffee abroad in September, 27 percent more than a year earlier, but a lack of container space in ships prevented larger volumes as the country sells a record crop.
Coffee exporters association Cecafé said on Wednesday that some exporters had to delay loading of coffee at ports because they could not find cargo space in container ships. Cecafé said it had asked Brazil’s government for help to solve the problem.
Cecafé estimates shipments could have been between 10 percent and 15 percent larger last month if there had been more space in ships leaving the country.
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