Africa-Press – Angola. The Coffee Rebenefit Factory-JMV Limitada in Sumbe, province of Cuanza Sul, exported 18 tons of Coffee to Europe Thursday, through the Commercial Port of Lobito.
According to information from the owner, José Manuel Ventura, this is the first export carried out, as a result of investment from the Commercial Agriculture Development Project (PDAC).
“ This Wednesday, we transported a 20-foot container, that is, 18 tons of Cazengo commercial Robusta coffee, from coffee growers in the provinces of Bengo and Cuanza Norte, and today, through the Port of Lobito, the ship continued to Europe”, he said.
For this month, 38 tons are also planned to be exported to Europe.
Speaking about the quality of the coffee, he clarified that it meets the standards required by the International Coffee Organization, “which assures us of the need to continue processing for export”.
Regarding the factory’s capabilities as the pillar for exports, he said that it cost Kz 60 million through PDAC, whose financial values were made available by the World Bank (BM) and Banco de Fomento Angola (BFA).
Opened on December 12th, the manufacturing unit, according to the source, has the capacity to process 280 tons of coffee per month, in two shifts, and can double processing depending on customer demand.
From its production chain, JMV Limitada, which roasts 40 tons of coffee annually, plans to export around 36 tons in January 2025.
History of coffee in the region
Coffee production in the municipality of Amboim began in 1893 in the community of Assango and by 1923 production reached one and a half tons, with three thousand families.
With the completion of the Railway, in 1923, production was increased, reaching seven thousand tons, which was gradually stored in the city of Porto Amboim, where it was exported to Portugal, the United States and the Netherlands.
In 1960, production reached 14 thousand tons and in the 1970s it reached 40 thousand tons of coffee, as a result of improved rural trade. After independence, production fell and only in 1980/1990 began to produce between 700 and a thousand tons.
In Amboim, of the 170 registered coffee farms, only 30 produce coffee regularly, which makes up an area of two thousand hectares of peasants and more than 500 hectares of agricultural companies.
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