| Private Stocks | Funcafe/Conab | |
| 1) Carry over 01/07/2012* | 2,011,675 | 2,203,167 |
| 2) Crop 10/11 | 47,800,000 | |
| Disapearance July/Dec 2012:
3) Funcafe auction July Dec 2011 ** |
(413,676) | |
| 4) Brazilian green coffee
exports July/Dec 12 ** |
(15,099,463) | |
| 5) Brazilian soluble coffee exports July/Dec 12 ** | (1,758,472) | |
| 6) Braz. estimated local
consumption July/Dec 12 |
(10,000,000)
|
|
| 7 ) Carry over 01.2012 | 22,953,740 | 1,789,491** |
| 8) Total availability including Government stocks as per 01 January 2012 | 24,743,231 |
* As per Comexim carryover of 15/07/11.
** As per Cecafe statistics, where MAPA- Ministry of Agriculture, Cattle and Supply and Conab declares as public stocks, 1,789,491 bags. These numbers does not include Varginha where they believe that the inventory will sum up about 40,000 bags.
*** As per Abics figures.
Enclosed above – our crop expectation for 2012 – prepared by our Sergio Hazan.
As per our last report informing situation in south Minas Gerais, you will note that South Minas numbers are lower. Nevertheless, Cerrado , Espirito Santo and Bahia is up compensating a bit the loss in south Minas as expected due to slight drought until end September 2011.
Another important factor which has been occurring here in Brazil Is that the on and off cycles which have been very characteristic of the historical Brazilian coffee production, has now been reducing the volume gap differential. This may be due to better tending of the fields, fertilization, pruning and more transparent numbers from the various sources. (Especially government numbers which is very worthwhile to praise for adjusting to realistic numbers.)
At the present moment, Brazilian coffee prices are definitely not attracting our clients. Prices internally have come down, especially for conillons, but arabicas are still very high differentially.
When most thought that the prices would ease with the end of the Pis and Coffins, the whole market firmed impressively and our (and most everyone’s) expectation is that with the approaching crop will ease the tightness.




