Colombian coffee output surges 85 percent in April

Colombia's coffee output surged in April as the country recovers from a spate of bad weather that hurt coffee harvests last year.

Coffee output in April rose 85 percent from a year earlier to 1.07 million 60-kilogram bags.

Data released Saturday by Colombia's National Federation of Coffee Growers, known as Fedecafé, showed exports climbed 64 percent in April from a year earlier to 810,000 bags.



Source: MarketWatch