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“We are a coffee-growing country and we like the tintico, the parakeet, but the one that is in the coffee”, with this phrase President Iván Duque spoke of the importance of the internal consumption of coffee in the country in the middle of the closing of the 88 National Congress of Coffee Growers.
Where he also recognized the coffee union because not even due to the difficult circumstances of the pandemic did it stop producing and meeting the goal for this year.
“We are going to close 2020 with 14 million bags produced, with 13 million for export, which leave the name of Colombia high, showing the world that even the pandemic did not take us away from the production goal we had for 2020. My very special recognition, ”said the President.
Duque also highlighted the arrival of Colombian coffee in markets such as China, where he himself went to promote it last year. “We can say that this year, despite the difficulties of the pandemic, that market has continued to expand and very soon it will end up being the main market in Asia, due to its size,” he said.
Likewise, he referred to another possible export destination, such as South Korea, a country that he plans to visit next year, to strengthen bilateral trade, and whose government seeks to “make a more aggressive commitment to Colombian coffee”, increasing its import.
In the same way, the President advocated joint work between the public and private sectors, in order to increase the internal demand for grain.
“The idea is that we continue dreaming and building; We are a coffee-growing country, there are different ways of consuming it, but we cannot be fooled, internal consumption is low, ”he said.
He added that, for this reason, the goal for 2021, with the support of the Ministry of Agriculture, is to promote and stimulate the internal consumption of coffee.
“I want us to be aware of the new uses and that with added value export products of this nature can come out,” he said.
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