World Commodities - India cuts coffee output estimate by 16pc.

• Author: Kazmi, S. Kamal Hayder
• Position: Brief article

Byline: S. Kamal Hayder Kazmi

India is likely to produce 319,500 tonnes of coffee in 2018/19, down nearly 16 percent from the previous estimate, after heavy rainfall hit yields in the top two growing states, the state-run Coffee Board said on Wednesday. The South Asian country, which is famous as a tea producer, is also the world's No. 6 coffee grower, mainly churning out the robusta beans used to make instant coffee. It also produces some of the more expensive arabica variety.

The country had been expected to harvest a...