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Organic coffee market hits $1 billion in North America |
05.16.2008
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NEW YORK--The North American organic coffee market topped $1 billion in 2007, according to data released May 13 here from the North American Organic Coffee Industry Survey.
The amount of organic coffee imported into the U.S. and Canada increased 29 percent from 2006-2007 to 84 million pounds from approximately 65 million pounds, according to Daniele Giovannucci, author of the upcoming North American Organic Coffee Industry Survey. Most of the coffee was sold in the United States. The survey will soon be available from the Organic Trade Association, according to a prepared statement.
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Giovannucci estimates the organic coffee sector now represents 3 percent of the total U.S. green coffee imports in 2007, growing an average of 32 percent annually between 2000 and 2007 while the growth rate of the conventional coffee industry is 2 percent.
Organic coffee is grown in 40 countries worldwide, including the United States .
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