Coffee exporter prepared to implement initiatives to increase production
LOCAL coffee exporter Rumbia Coffee Exports is prepared to pay K10 per kilogramme for parchment coffee to encourage farmers to produce more coffee.
Founder and Eastern Highlands Governor Peter Numu said Rumbia Coffee Exports was owned by the 800,000 people of the eight districts of province and it was committed to offering a good price for farmers.
“Our small coffee farmers have been cheated on by foreign-owned coffee exporting companies and buyers. Enough is enough. Today, I helped the people of my province to register their own coffee exporting company,” Numu said.
“The company has already exported green bean bags to South Korea and Europe and has now brought into PNG and Eastern Highlands foreign currency,” Numu said.
He said the company was buying coffee at K5.50 to K6 per kilogramme and would eventually increase it to K10/kg by 2022.
Numu told the people during the launch of Eastern Highlands agro-investments in Goroka recenlty that if other coffee buyers were increasing their price, Rumbia Coffee would better it by K1.
The governor said he was in China recently with Daulo MP Pogio Ghate and were promoting PNG coffee and found out that PNG coffee was seen as organic and of high quality.
“Although we are here to launch a rice project, coffee has been the single largest family income source over the years and we are still taking coffee on board,” Numu said.
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Thank- your, for your such initiative being created which for the good of the fortunate local coffee grower in the remote part of eastern Highlands province. Many coffee exporter company were cheating local coffee farmers. People living in remote area like in Marawaka the coffee exporter are paying them on K 1.50 per kilo which is not good. their sweating just wasted by committing time removing red skin ( outer skin) using stone to mash off the skin and live fermenting for two day and sun dry which the time is wasted out without good profit. Now good Eastern Highlands governor Hon Peter NUMU have set the good legacy for the EHP people by increasing the coffee price to K10.00 per kilo will settle our issues in coffee in remote part of Eastern Highlands.
Thank you
by concern remote citizen
And what about the rice because it is also heavily consumable non durable good which most people spend much on. If we have home grown rice, our expenditure will drop and savings will increase that will improve household living standards.
I have friends in France that love our organic PNG coffee. I asked them what is it that they love about PNG coffee, and their response was simple, “simply because it is organic and no machines and chemicals involved in processing the high quality beans. And it tastes so good”. I was so amazed to see them drink without adding any sugar or milk, because they said it is naturally sweet, so they don’t want to destroy its natural aroma by adding any other additives.
PNG coffee is very expensive there though, but the stock doesn’t last that long.
I think it is better for the government to struck deals with European countries and we can tap into European markets rather that tapping into cheap Asian markets.
I buy it here in the UK shops among other coffees from other parts of the world, PNG organic coffee tastes so strong and enriching.
Coffee is a internationally traded commodity around the world. It totally depend on supply and demand, PNG Coffee Industry Corporation Ltd or Government does not control the price of coffee in the. It is control by world market including all other commodities like cocoa and copra. If you increase parchment price to K10.00 as stated by good Governor you will make a huge loss when exporting green bean overseas.
In a business deal “Price” is agreed between the buyer and seller of any good or service taking into consideration the quality and consistency in goods or services supplied or provided respectively….forget about collective marketing and pricing. Find your buyers (niche markets) and deal with them via contracts/agreements etc and set your prices per your agreements.
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