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Global coffee output under the current crop year is kept steady to the previous forecast and down from the previous season, though the International Coffee Organization has revised up output forecast from No. 3 producer Indonesia and lowered its prediction for Colombia, the fourth-largest. Output from No. 2 producer Vietnam rose but has peaked and exports could fall next year on rising domestic consumption. Delegates at a coffee conference are also discussing the demand outlook at a time of global economic slowdown.

    For more from the Coffee Outlook conference in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and other related stories, click on the codes in brackets.

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