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During the fourth quarter of 2009 and the first quarter of this year, coffee prices in London fell so sharply that local prices, usually quoted at a discount, dropped slower than the benchmark, catching the industry in Vietnam flat-footed.

Reports are emerging that middlemen are increasingly being caught out, too, having to pay farmers at higher prices than anticipated, or than where they sold up the supply chain

Tension from coffee prices in Vietnam could worsen

Vietnamese coffee prices dropped around 2 percent on Friday following a fall in London robusta futures and the failure of an industry meeting to kickstart a plan to stockpile a fifth of the country’s crop, traders say

Vietnam coffee prices drop 2%

Vietnamese coffee prices have dropped as farmers hold onto stocks despite a lower-than-expected harvest and international buyers shy away on delivery fears and cause a slowdown in sales, traders said Tuesday

Prices fall, rain may hit flowers