Brazil : Private stocks of coffee in the world’s top producer Brazil will fall to around 1.5 million by the end of May, their lowest level in five years. In April Brazil exported 3 million bags of green coffee, according to the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade. The corresponding figure in March was 2.491 million bags. In value terms, exports totalled US$ 346.6 million in April whereas in the same month last year, exports amounted to US$ 294.8 million.

Mexico : The country is increasing planting of Robusta trees as it aims to become one of the world's top producers of instant coffee, despite objections from some farmers who worry the varieties fetch lower prices, the agriculture ministry and the national coffee association said. The government is partnering with Swiss food giant Nestle to provide Mexican farmers with improved, high-yielding types of Robusta to cut down on the 450,000 bags of coffee Mexico imports each year.  

Vietnamese exporters may have to delay coffee loading in the coming months, as supply of beans in the domestic market has slowed with farmers holding back sales due to a stockpiling plan and falling prices. The delays in shipment from the world's second-largest exporter, after Brazil, could lend some support for London Robusta futures market where the price of beans (mainly used for making instant coffee) has been falling recently due to the strengthening Dollar.