Information on this page may change without a notice --------------- -- Coffee is one of the most valuable products in world trade, in many years second in value only to oil as a source of foreign exchange to developing countries. -- A mature coffee tree will produce 1 to 11/2 pounds of coffee per growing season. It takes 2,000 hand-picked Arabica coffee cherries to make a roasted pound of coffee -- or approximately 4,000 beans. -- Brazil produces about one-third of the coffee in the world, twice as much as Colombia and Vietnam, which vie for second position. Indonesia, Mexico, India, Guatemala and Ethiopia are also major producers. -- In 2000, the United States imported 21-million bags (132 pounds each) of coffee. The largest suppliers were Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Vietnam and Guatemala. The total value was $1.7-billion. -- 52 percent of the adult population of the United States over 18 years of age drinks coffee every day. -- Americans drink some 300-million cups of coffee a day, co...