Coffee trade in Vietnam, the world's top robusta exporter, slowed as farmers curbed sales of fresh beans from the peak of a harvest on hopes of a price rise amid forecast of a global shortfall, traders said on Tuesday. Last week, German analyst F.O. Licht said global coffee production might fall short of consumption by 3 million 60-kg bags in 2004/2005. Licht's forecast added weight to the view that the years of oversupply and rock-bottom prices were finally over.
On Tuesday, local prices in Buon Ma Thou, the capital of Daklak, were put at 9,950 dong (63.2 cents) per kg of coffee beans, up from a range of 9,720 dong to 9,900 dong a week ago and 9,120 dong to 9,200 dong two weeks.
Exporters on Tuesday quoted Vietnamese robusta grade two, 5 percent black and broken at around $670 per tonne, free-on-board basis, for spot shipment, from a range of $660 and $670 last week.
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