Exports of coffee beans from Indonesia's key growing region of Sumatra island fell 26.08 percent in the first four months of 2006 due to limited stocks, industry data showed on Wednesday.
Coffee bean exports fell to 61,801 tonnes in the January-April period of the year, from 83,606.4 tonnes in the same period last year.
April exports alone fell 45.51 percent to 10,575 tonnes, from 19,408.5 tonnes a year ago. The beans were sold via Panjang port, in the country's key growing belt of Lampung province, on Sumatra island.
Industry officials have said Indonesia's coffee bean exports were expected to fall 30 percent to 245,000 tonnes in 2006 as heavy rains cut output in the world's fourth-largest producer.
Output is expected to drop 30 percent to 315,000 tonnes from around 450,000 tonnes last year.
Robusta constitutes 85 percent of Indonesia's coffee output, while the rest is aromatic and high-value arabica.
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