| cl | | | | ahead of third place sugar and other agricultural, |
| Coffee is one of the worldâs biggest | | | | forestry and mining outputs. |
| export commodities, the top agricultural export | | | | âThe number of people who depend on |
| for a dozen countries and one of the world's ten | | | | coffee for all or most of their living is in excess |
| largest legal agricultural exports by value. (Source: | | | | of 75 million,â according to Ric Rhinehart, |
| FAO Statistics Division.) According to John Talbot | | | | executive director of the Special Coffee |
| of the University of the West Indies, | | | | Association of America (SPAA). According to |
| âCoffee is the second most valuable | | | | Rhinehartâs estimates, coffee is a $90 |
| commodity exported by developing countries, a | | | | billion a year industry. His explanation of this figure |
| distant second to crude oil,â but well | | | | provides valuable insights into the commodity. |