Global coffee supplies may also be hampered by the Vietnamese lockdown

By: Trademagazin editor Date: 2021. 08. 31. 11:10

Vietnamese exporters fear that pandemic closures in Ho Chi Minh City could cause a serious disruption to the world’s coffee supply, telex.hu wrote after BBC.

Vietnam’s disease control regulations make global coffee supply more difficult

Vietnam is the second largest coffee exporter in the world after Brazil. The Asian country is home to a significant proportion of the robust coffee beans used in many instant coffees and espresso blends.

The price of robust coffee beans has already risen by 50 percent this year.

(telex.hu, Világi Máté)