INDONESIA – Coffee harvest may surge 8%, says survey

MILAN – Indonesia’s coffee output in the coffee season starting on April is set to surge 8% to 650,000 metric tons benefiting from favourable weather conditions, according to the median of five traders surveyed by Bloomberg.
Rains boosted flowering and cherry development in the main growing regions of the country said reports.
“Production next year has pretty good prospects compared with this year,” said Mochtar Luthfie, head of research and development at the Lampung chapter of the Association of Indonesian Coffee Exporters and Industry. “Most trees in Lampung have started to produce cherries. With no extreme weather through November, output will most probably be higher.”