The Uganda Coffee Development Authority today quoted indicative prices for exports of robusta, which accounts for 85 percent of the country’s coffee exports.

Uganda is Africa’s biggest coffee producer after Ethiopia and the continent’s largest robusta coffee producer.

Nearby refers to deliveries to be made within 45 days. Indicative prices are those used by exporters to determine their prices.

Prices, quoted today by the authority, are in U.S. cents a pound, based on free-on-board rail/truck from Kampala:

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To contact the reporter on this story: Fred Ojambo in Kampala at fojambo@bloomberg.net.

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Paul Richardson at pmrichardson@bloomberg.net.