THE first shipment of Jamaican green bean coffee was shipped yesterday to China, as the Government continues its thrust to diversify the access to Jamaica’s premium brand.
This shipment is consigned to the Zhejiang Dunn’s River Import and Export Company Limited, which is the corporate body formed to handle the commercial transactions of the Hangzhou Coffee and Western Foods. The first batch of 16,500 kilogrammes of Blue Mountain Coffee will leave on the vessel ‘Lania’ and is expected to arrive in Ningbo, China, from where it will be trucked to its destination of Hangzhou.
“…whereas this is early days in the development of the coffee culture, the consumption of coffee is very small in China, but the country already consumes close to 1 million bags mostly of lower quality Robusta coffee. This is mostly used in the production of instant coffee. However, with what is potentially the largest gift market in the world, and the penchant for expensive and ostentatious gifts that celebrates Chivas Regal, Gucci, Coach and others, this is a prime market for the world’s finest Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee,” said Minister of Agriculture Christopher Tufton.
These are the types of deals that can help develop a country. A market for crops. Not one side giving billions in loans to the other with no means of repaying it. Already, we are importing a lot of stuff that is made in China. What is Dominica selling to China? And I hope some body doe come here and say PASSPORTS..
They won’t you already said it.
Hope our farmers take note and really start planting as there are investors who want to invest in coffee on the island, banana is no more farmers here is an alternative, so Randy, and his bunch of Farmers can take note.