© International Trade Centre, International Trade Forum
- Issue 4/2002
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The guide's key author, Jan van Hilten, former Chairman of the
Mild Coffee Trade Association of Eastern Africa and M. Scholer
presented the guide to about 150 coffee professionals in
London. |
ITC launched a newly updated version of one of its most popular
publications, Coffee - An exporter's guide, at the
International Coffee Organization's annual meeting (London,
September 2002).
The guide emphasizes trade practices relevant to exporters in
coffee-producing countries, but is also of interest to coffee
producers, coffee authorities, importers, commercial banks, customs
authorities and shipping companies. It reviews the international
coffee standard contracts (Europe and the United States) and
provides detailed information on other legal and financial aspects
of the coffee trade.
The guide contains statistics and analysis for both producing
and consuming countries. It also covers new trends in the coffee
trade: electronic commerce, niche markets, organic and fair trade
labelling, codes of conduct and environmental issues. The guide
comes with a bookmark listing useful web site addresses for the
coffee sector.
For more information, contact Morten Scholer, ITC Senior
Market Development Adviser, at scholer@intracen.org