Arabica-coffee futures may rebound to as high as $2 a pound by year-end as global stockpiles tighten, world demand remains firm and climate change keeps production trailing demand, according to Illycaffe SpA. “World inventories are still very low at producing and importing countries,” Andrea Illy, chief executive officer of the Trieste, Italy-based specialty coffee company, said in an interview during the National Coffee Association’s annual conference in Charleston, South Carolina.
Will Coffee Rebound to $2/lb.?
Arabica-coffee futures may rebound to as high as $2 a pound by year-end as global stockpiles tighten, world demand remains firm and climate change keeps production trailing demand, according to Illycaffe SpA. “World inventories are still very low at producing and importing countries,” Andrea Illy, chief executive officer of the Trieste, Italy-based specialty coffee company, said in an interview during the National Coffee Association’s annual conference in Charleston, South Carolina.