ABSTRACT

The purpose of this paper is to explore a segment of the international coffee trade and to determine any quantifiable relationships between the level of trade and other variables, in particular, foreign direct investment (FDI). The study also reviews several of the leading trade theories and attempts to associate actual current trade activities and other data with the elements of each model. That is, is the nature of the coffee trade accurately described by one of these trade models, and to what degree? The scope of this study includes the top five exporting nations for Arabica coffee in Latin America during the period 2000-2004.

Keywords: Coffee production, ...