Brazil coffee production in 2017 is seen at 45.5 million bags (1bag=60kg), down 11.3%. The South American country’s output of Arabica variety is expected to fall by 18.3% in 2017 to 35.4 million bags due to a negative biennial cycle. Brazil Robusta coffee variety output in 2017, however, is pegged at 10.1 million bags, up 27% due to good climatic conditions and greater use of clonal coffee crop, which gives more yield. The total area under coffee cultivation is also expected to fall by 0.5% to 2.2 million ha because of negative biennial cycle for Arabica coffee and poor rain distribution in the major coffee producing region of Espirito Santo in the last three years.