/ 7 October 1999

UGANDAN COFFEE EXPORTS UP

THE latest Ugandan coffee season boasted a year-on-year rise in exports of 20,3% by weight and, because of a fall in prices, 2,1% by value, officials announced in Kampala on Wednesday. Exports totalled 3,65-million 60-kilo bags and $282,2-million, according to the regulatory Uganda Coffee Development Authority. The increase in exported volume was a result of recovery from the El Nino weather phenomenon which had adversely affected output during the two previous seasons, the report said.