Uganda’s coffee exports jumped 60.3% in November compared with the same month a year earlier, helped by a bountiful harvest in some parts of the country, the agriculture ministry said in a report.
The East African country is the continent’s largest coffee exporter followed by Ethiopia.
Shipments in November amounted to 640,328 60-kg bags versus 399,381 bags exported in the same month in 2024, the report reviewed by Reuters on Monday showed.
Coffee is one of Uganda’s biggest sources of foreign exchange alongside gold.
The surge in exports was due to “increased coffee production as the harvest in Central and Eastern regions peaked,” the report said.
Uganda took in $2.4 billion from coffee exports in the twelve months to November.
Source: Reuters