Global coffee supply dealt a fresh blow by major producer Vietnam

Sending a container from Vietnam to Europe costs as much as $10,000, six to seven times more than a year ago. 

Vietnam is the biggest robusta coffee grower and its exports were declining because of depleted farmer stocks, the worsening Covid-19 outbreak and a severe container shortage. 

World coffee supplies are suffering a fresh setback from stringent travel curbs imposed in second-biggest grower Vietnam to control the worsening spread of the infectious Delta variant of the coronavirus.

The government is keeping the city of Ho Chi Minh, the exporting hub, under lockdown because of a surge in virus infections, and has tight movement controls in place in some key producing areas of the Central Highlands.