Costa Rica sees 2024/25 coffee harvest up nearly 6%
SAN JOSE, Sept 17 (Reuters) -Costa Rica's 2024/25 coffee harvest should produce some 1.70 millionbushels of coffee, an expert from the Central American country's ICAFE coffee institute said on Tuesday, up 5.6% from 1.61 million bushels a year ago after a difficult past year.
Coffee typically produces higher yields in alternating years, and last season's harvest was down 16% from the previous period due to unusual weather and a limited workforce available to pick the coffee, also bringing exports down 6.5%.
The volume predicted by ICAFE this season would bring in some 1.32 million 60-kilogram bags for export.
ICAFE technical manager Martin Hidalgo told Reuters this season should see a partial recovery from last year, though risks persist from unusual rainfall changing ripening patterns and foreign-exchange fluctuations limiting farmers' ability to invest in their plantations.
Hidalgo said a limited workforce could also impact this harvest, after social unrest in Panama last year resulted in less migrant harvest workers coming into Costa Rica.
"We are a little anxious because there may be regions that mature at the same time and this would cause a high concentration in demand for workers," he said.
Known for its high-quality arabica beans, Costa Rica exports more than 85% of its harvest and is the 14th largest coffee grower worldwide.
Despite higher-than-average prices for its coffee exports, its plantations have shrunk over the last two decades.
Reporting by Alvaro Murillo in San Jose; Writing by Sarah Morland;
Editing by Alistair Bell
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