Uganda coffee January exports up 54 percent

Uganda's coffee exports rose 54 percent year-on-year in January to 348,152 60-kg bags on favourable weather and improved transport, the state-run Uganda Coffee Development Authority said on Thursday.

"The weather in January was largely dry and that helped in two ways: faster drying of the coffee beans and also smooth transportation from rural areas where roads are often impassable in rainy seasons," said a source at Uganda Coffee development Authority (UCDA).
 
Coffee harvest is underway in the east African nation's central and eastern regions, which account for 55 percent of production of the beans in Africa's top coffee exporter. Reuters