Study shows growing importance of adding value

摘要

At the same time, the ICO also published a study into the volatility of roasted coffee prices, which found that for most countries, as would be expected, they reflect to a certain extent movements in the commodity's wholesale prices. Both recent studies, which follow many others in the past few years, are part of the ICO's job of throwing light on all aspects of the coffee market for the better understanding of its workings by all stakeholders - a task given greater emphasis under the terms of the new (2007) International Coffee Agreement (ICA) that came into force earlier this year.