Tepid trade in Vietnam, premiums fall in Indonesia on higher supplies
By Phuong Nguyen and Mas Alina Arafin
HANOI/BANDAR LAMPUNG, Indonesia, Aug 1 (Reuters) -Trading activities remained sluggish in Vietnam at the end of the crop season on prolonged supplies shortage, while prices fell in Indonesia on abundant supplies during harvest season, traders said on Thursday.
Farmers in the Central Highlands, Vietnam's largest coffee-growing area, were selling beans COFVN-DAK for 123,000-123,500 dong ($4.88-$4.90), down from 124,000-125,000 dong a week ago.
Robusta coffee LRCc2 for November delivery was down $53, at $4,063 per metric ton as of 09:44 GMT.
"Market is quiet now," said a trader based in the coffee belt.
"Global prices were down significantly in the past week. The news on lower exports from Vietnam has kept the prices from falling further."
Vietnam exported 964,000 metric tons of coffee in the first seven months of this year, down 13.8% from a year earlier, government data showed. Coffee export revenue in the same period rose 31% to $3.5 billion.
Indonesia exported 7,252.1 tons of robusta coffee beans from the island of Sumatra in June, down 51.9% compared to the same month a year ago, according to data from the trade office.
Sumatran robusta coffee beans were offered at $470 premium to the August-September contract, down from last week's $600 premium to the September contract, as "local supply is now abundant", a trader said.
Another trader quoted beans at $403 premium to the November contract, a drop from $520 premium to September contract last week "due to ongoing harvest season."
($1 = 25,218.0000 dong)
Reporting by Phuong Nguyen and Mas Alina Arifin; Editing by Mrigank Dhaniwala
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