Monday, July 9, 2007

Uganda coffee earnings up 60 pct to $24.32 mln

(Reuters) - Uganda's coffee export earnings jumped 60 percent in June to $24.32 million compared with the same month last year, pushed by high prices and a 30.6 percent rise in bags sold, the coffee board said on Monday.

Coffee exports totalled 244,789 60-kg bags in June 2007, up from 187,448 recorded in June last year, the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) said in a monthly report.


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