Lampung exported 183.000 tons of coffee in 2007

Lampung Province exported 183,070,226 kg of coffee beans worth US$301.643 million in 2007, a businessman said here on Friday. The coffee beans were exported among other things to Germany, Japan and the United States of America, Muchtar Lutfie of the Lampung Coffee Exporter Association said. In 2006, Lampung's coffee exports reached a total volume of 230,635,486 kilograms with a total value of US$264.879 million. The province has coffee plantations covering 163,837 hectares manned by 218,447 farmers. (http://www.antara.co.id/en/arc/2008/2/15/lampung-exports-183000-tons-of-coffee-in-2007/)