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Coffee prices on futures markets have rallied to a 10-year high, with companies and traders dashing to lock in supplies as they contend with shipping bottlenecks and a late-year rise in demand.
期货市场上的咖啡价格已升至10年高点，企业和贸易商纷纷锁定供应，以应对运输瓶颈和年底需求上升的问题。
Inventories are being drained from Intercontinental Exchange, one of the main coffee futures trading venues, which has caused futures prices to rise even further, traders said. This decline in inventories sent “ a very loud signal to the market that there is a continuing immediate shortage of coffee”, said Ilya Byzov at Sucafina.
交易员们表示，主要咖啡期货交易场所之一洲际交易所的库存正被抽干，这导致期货价格进一步上涨。Sucafina的伊利亚·比佐夫表示，库存下降“向市场发出了一个非常响亮的信号，即咖啡的直接短缺将持续存在”。
Futures prices for the higher quality arabica beans are now commanding $2.50 a pound, almost double their level at the start of 2021. At the same time, traders had struggled to get bookings for containers and vessels, and had faced frequent loading postponements from shipping companies. Coffee export volumes in October had fallen 24 per cent compared to last year.
高品质阿拉比卡咖啡豆的期货价格现在达到每磅2.50美元，几乎是2021年初的两倍。与此同时，贸易商难以获得集装箱和船只的订单，还面临着航运公司频繁推迟装船的问题，10月份咖啡出口量同比下降24%。