International Coffee Organization, London (chairman of the promotion committee, 2002-)

Monday's price rise came after member nations of the International Coffee Organization reached agreement on new export quotas.

The International Coffee Organization may meet again in April to try to agree on a new quota system.

Similarly, the Commission must support the International Coffee Organisation's quality-improvement programme.

Last year's plunge was set off by the failure of the 74-nation International Coffee Organization to agree on new export quotas to support prices.

The inconclusive end to a fortnight's talks at the International Coffee Organisation further depressed the market.

Oddly, consuming countries are also members of the International Coffee Organisation, which policed the old cartel.

A London meeting of the International Coffee Organization appeared likely to break up without an agreement on export quotas.

But traders said the lack of a marketing agreement among members of the International Coffee Organization is likely to keep prices low.

Delegates at the 74-nation International Coffee Organization expressed pessimism about reaching an accord before talks end in a week.

The talks at the International Coffee Organization include both nations that produce coffee and those that consume it.

Brokers attributed the decline to the inability of the 74-member International Coffee Organization to agree on export and import quotas.

The producers and consumers are divided on how to prevent the sale of coffee at reduced prices to countries outside the International Coffee Organization.

There was an attempt by the International Coffee Organization in the 1990s to maintain export quotas that would support coffee prices worldwide.

The producers said they would push for quotas at the International Coffee Organization's meeting beginning Sept. 21 in London.

Coffee futures dropped amid news of stalled talks at the International Coffee Organization meeting in London.

The International Coffee Organization suspended all export limits today, foreshadowing a drop in coffee prices worldwide.

But the major roasters have been very cautious in the past in interpreting the actions of the International Coffee Organization."

The price drop follows the International Coffee Organization's July 3 suspension of coffee export quotas.

Coffee prices plunged to a 14-year low as the International Coffee Organization struggled to make progress toward a new price-support agreement.

Procter & Gamble says it wants "to help address the underlaying social and economic issues" - but not through the International Coffee Organization.

Analysts said traders were worrying that member countries of the International Coffee Organization would be unable to agree to reinstate export quotas soon.

Coffee prices surged in reaction to a report that the International Coffee Organization would successfully negotiate new export quotas.

According to the International Coffee Organization, the composite price of coffee rose over 36 percent from the beginning of 2005 to the end of 2006.

The International Coffee Organization, the controlling body of the agreement, represents all major coffee producing countries and most consuming countries.