This paper gives a report of the PNG Coffee Industry and ICO News as well as the Association of Coffee Producing Countries (ACPC) News. It reports on World Supply, Demand, Domestic Trends, and Developments and presents some of its data through tables and graphs. Although coffee exports have increased and are higher than the previous year, the coffee value fell due to falling prices.

This coffee report provides an updated summary on the PNG coffee industry and ICO news. It contains a report on the world market and price developments, world coffee supply and exports, domestic trends and developments which include production by provinces and sectors, stocks, exports, market share and the coffee industry fund and bounty.

This paper is on the cost-benefit study on the use of mobile coffee hullers in remote areas of Papua New Guinea and their regulatory implications. Smallholder coffee growers have difficulty selling their coffee due to bad road conditions and high transportation costs. Furthermore, the coffee produced by smallholder growers is considered as “Y’ graded despite the good quality of their coffee. So this paper assesses the use of transportable coffee hullers in remote areas of PNG to help coffee growers reduce their cost and expenses. This paper contains five sections, (1) different types of mobile hullers available from different manufacturers, (2) analysis of possible costs and benefits of mobile hullers using different scenarios and possible costs, (3) the suitability and appropriateness of mobile hullers in PNG and finally and (4) discusses the regulatory implications by introducing mobile hullers in PNG.

This discussion paper attempts to quantify smallholder responses to changes in prices using historical time-series data and assesses the value of the economic, social and cultural factors that influence price movements showing that there is a relation between prices and supply. The study also includes qualitative approach. This paper then offers policy implications as well as future areas for policy research on coffee sector.

This discussion paper attempts to quantify smallholder responses to changes in prices using historical time-series data and assesses the value of the economic, social and cultural factors that influence price movements showing that there is a relation between prices and supply. The study also includes qualitative approach. This paper then offers policy implications as well as future areas for policy research on coffee sector.