• The east African country shipped 438,815 60-KG bags of the beans, up from 409,940 bags exported in same month a year ago.
• Ugandan is Africa's largest exporter of the beans followed by Ethiopia and the commodity is the country's second biggest source of foreign exchange after gold.

The east African country shipped 438,815 60-KG bags of the beans, up from 409,940 bags exported in same month a year ago, the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) said in the report seen by Reuters on Thursday.

Ugandan is Africa's largest exporter of the beans followed by Ethiopia and the commodity is the country's second biggest source of foreign exchange after gold.