Thanks to a trend of hiking in coffee prices, experts have predicted that this year’s export revenue of this product may exceed last year’s record of US$4 billion .

In the Central Highlands region, the major coffee production hub of Vietnam, coffee prices have risen strongly last week and hit a record in three months. On June 7, domestic coffee prices varied from VND 61,200-61,800 (US$2.61-2.63 ) per kilo, up VND 500 over the previous day. Meanwhile, the average price of exported coffee in the first give months of this year was US$ 2,295 per ton, up 2.4 percent over the same period last year, which means coffee export revenue will be high in the rest of the year.

Vice President of the Vietnam Coffee and Cocoa Association (Vicofa) Do Ha Nam held that the rise in coffee prices is due to a shortage in supply as a result of extreme weather conditions. This year, coffee output is predicted to fall 10-15 percent, while demands for the product is high.

Along with export, many localities have focused on boosting the sustainable development of the domestic market, with the coming into being of many Vietnamese coffee brands. Last year, Dak Lak province in the region saw more than 250 coffee processing facilities established to provide products for the domestic and foreign markets.

Le Duc Huy, General Director of Simexco DakLak Ltd, said that last year, the firm shipped abroad 101,000 tons of green coffee, and sold about 25,000 tons in the domestic market. Under a project to develop Vietnamese specialty coffee in the 2021-2030 period that was approved by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, in 2025, the area of specialty coffee is expected to account for 2 percent of the country’s total coffee area, with an output of 5,000 tons. The figures are hoped to increase to 3 percent and 11,000 tons in 2030.

Huy said that Vietnamese exporters are switching their focus from quantity to quality to better meet the demands of importers’ demands.

VNA