Coffee supply tightens as key Vietnam crop shrinks  

Vietnam is likely to produce 1.6 million to 1.7 million tons of beans from the current harvest, down from 1.78 million tons a year earlier.

The world may get even less coffee from Vietnam, the biggest grower of the robusta variety used in instant drinks and espressos, as a smaller crop and growing local demand squeeze supplies.

The country is likely to produce 1.6 million to 1.7 million tons of beans from the current harvest, down from 1.78 million tons a year earlier, Do Ha Nam, deputy chairman of the Vietnam Coffee Cocoa Association, said at a conference in Ho Chi Minh City. Stockpiles from the last crop were almost depleted, he said.