Coffee and gold are Uganda's two biggest exports and major sources of foreign exchange. Uganda's coffee exports in June rose 18.2% from a year earlier helped by a bumper crop in the south and south-west, major growing regions where the harvest is underway, the state-run sector regulator said. Shipments of the beans rose to 667,037 60-kilogram bags from 563,832 bags a year earlier, the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) said in a report seen by Reuters on Tuesday. Coffee and gold are Uganda's two biggest exports and major sources of foreign exchange. The country earned $1.1 billion from its coffee crop in the 12 months to June, UCDA said, up from $846 million the previous year. ➤ Click here to follow our WhatsApp channel for more stories.
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Uganda bumper coffee harvest lifts exports up 18% - regulator
Coffee and gold are Uganda's two biggest exports and major sources of foreign exchange. Uganda's coffee exports in June rose 18.2% from a year earlier helped by a bumper crop in the south and south-west, major growing regions where the harvest is underway, the state-run sector regulator said. Shi...
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Coffee and gold are Uganda's two biggest exports and major sources of foreign exchange. Uganda's coffee exports in June rose 18.2% from a year earlier helped by a bumper crop in the south and south-west, major growing regions where the harvest is underway, the state-run sector regulator said. Shi...