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Coffee
Coffee Reports
Coffee Outlook - The Next Ten Years
This report comes at a key time for a global coffee industry which is facing falling prices, rising input costs, currency volatility, supply surpluses and the majority of the developed world in recession. It is against this background that LMC analyses the current market situation to provide an overview of the market, analysis of production costs in major
producing countries and forecasts of demand, supply and prices for the next ten years.
- What will be both the immediate and medium-term effects of economic downturn on consumption patterns? Will a likely shift from arabica to robusta be significant or sustained?
- Will the premium for certified or specialty coffee be maintained? What are the prospects for fairtrade, bird-friendly, gourmet, flavoured, decaffeinated, chilled, organic, or espresso?
- Will Brazil and Vietnam further consolidate their positions at the expense of smaller producing countries? Or will opportunities emerge from the financial crisis for innovative and market-focused approaches?
- Are we heading for a period of structural imbalance where production outstrips consumption?
- What will the effect of price falls be on new plantings? And what impact will this have on future supply/demand balances and prices?
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