World Coffee Supply and Distribution for Producing Countries, Forecast 1998/99


Region and Country	Beginning	Production	Imports	Total	Domestic	Exports	Ending
	Stocks			Supply	Use		Stocks

	Thousands of 60-kilogram bags

North America:
  Costa Rica	1,050	2,165	0	3,215	255	2,200	760
  Cuba	181	300	0	481	210	100	171
  Dominican Republic	46	650	0	696	300	365	31
  El Salvador	41	1,990	32	2,063	239	1,779	45
  Guatemala	258	3,127	191	3,576	300	3,200	76
  Haiti	80	420	0	500	330	150	20
  Honduras	25	2,600	0	2,625	257	2,338	30
  Jamaica	13	50	0	63	20	30	13
  Mexico	0	5,550	45	5,595	915	4,670	10
  Nicaragua	172	1,070	0	1,242	125	935	182
  Panama	1	225	0	226	55	170	1
  Trinidad & Tobago	0	15	0	15	10	5	0
  United States 1/	0	248	0	248	248	0	0
    Total	1,867	18,410	268	20,545	3,264	15,942	1,339
South America:
  Bolivia	147	150	0	297	45	125	127
  Brazil	11,828	35,800	0	47,628	12,500	18,500	16,628
  Colombia	2,910	11,000	0	13,910	1,600	10,760	1,550
  Ecuador	35	960	125	1,120	300	790	30
  Guyana	0	5	0	5	5	0	0
  Paraguay	168	60	0	228	20	20	188
  Peru	63	1,900	30	1,993	200	1,700	93
  Venezuela	59	1,500	80	1,639	810	705	124
    Total	15,210	51,375	235	66,820	15,480	32,600	18,740
Africa:
  Angola	5	100	0	105	45	55	5
  Benin	0	35	0	35	1	34	0
  Burundi	307	400	0	707	2	500	205
  Cameroon	7	1,000	0	1,007	30	970	7
  Central African Republic	39	350	0	389	20	325	44
  Congo	0	25	0	25	1	24	0
  Cote d'Ivoire	1,977	4,080	0	6,057	58	5,403	596
  Equatorial Guinea	3	15	0	18	13	2	3
  Ethiopia	360	3,700	0	4,060	1,600	2,100	360
  Gabon	0	25	0	25	24	1	0
  Ghana	0	30	0	30	10	20	0
  Guinea	6	145	0	151	40	100	11
  Kenya	120	917	3	1,040	23	970	47
  Liberia	0	10	0	10	10	0	0
  Madagascar	630	950	0	1,580	350	700	530
  Malawi	66	80	0	146	2	60	84
  Nigeria	3	55	13	71	48	20	3
  Rwanda	272	270	0	542	2	200	340
  Sierra Leone	117	70	0	187	6	60	121
  Tanzania	108	650	0	758	17	600	141
  Togo	80	300	0	380	1	300	79
  Uganda	892	3,800	0	4,692	80	4,000	612
  Zaire	100	1,000	0	1,100	175	825	100
  Zambia	0	50	0	50	1	49	0
  Zimbabwe	121	200	0	321	4	200	117
    Total	5,213	18,257	16	23,486	2,563	17,518	3,405
Asia and Oceania:
  India	160	3,500	0	3,660	925	2,500	235
  Indonesia	458	6,600	102	7,160	2,000	4,750	410
  Laos	0	150	0	150	1	149	0
  Malaysia	0	160	355	515	505	10	0
  New Caledonia	0	5	0	5	5	0	0
  Papua New Guinea	57	1,000	10	1,067	11	975	81
  Philippines	134	725	175	1,034	1,000	20	14
  Sri Lanka	92	60	0	152	30	20	102
  Thailand	57	1,300	0	1,357	350	950	57
  Vietnam	57	5,800	0	5,857	270	5,500	87
  Yemen	0	150	0	150	10	140	0
    Total	1,015	19,450	642	21,107	5,107	15,014	986

Grand Total	23,305	107,492	1,161	131,958	26,414	81,074	24,470

1/  Refers to Puerto Rico and Hawaii only.

June 1998							Horticultural and Tropical Products Division, FAS/USDA