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ICO ASKS US TO RECONSIDER PLANNED WITHDRAWAL

The International Coffee Council (ICC) is inviting the United States Government to reconsider its planned withdrawal from the International Coffee Agreement 2007.

The international commodity agreement is between coffee producing and consuming countries, with the objective to strengthen the global coffee sector and promote its sustainable expansion.

The International Coffee Organization (ICO) is the intergovernmental group responsible for administering the international commodity agreement between coffee producing and consuming countries, whose objective is to strengthen the global coffee sector and promote its sustainable expansion.

From 9 to 13 April at the Council’s 121st session in Mexico City, ICO Executive Director José Sette reported that on 29 March, the ICO Secretariat received communication from the US announcing its withdrawal from the International Coffee Agreement 2007.

According to the

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