By Helen Sun The Wall Street Journal MAY 17, 2010 Indonesia is likely to produce 5%-10% less coffee in 2010 as excessive rainfall at the beginning of the year affected the crop, officials at the Association of Indonesia Coffee Exporters said Monday. The lower output, coupled with steady growth in domestic consumption, is likely to cut exports from Asia's second-largest robusta coffee producer. Output may fall to around 400,000-450,000 metric tons this year compared with normal production of 500,000 tons a year. "The heavy rains at the end of last year and the beginning of this year were not good for flowering; it affected the productivity," said Rachim Kartabrata, the association's executive secretary. "The (robusta) bean quality was also affected," association chairman Hassan Widjaja said. Indonesia began harvesting its main coffee crop harvest in April and is expected to finish a month from now. The officials said the forecasts were based ...