Nicaragua keen to export coffee to China

STORY: Nicaragua keen to export coffee to China DATELINE: Dec. 13, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:16 LOCATION: Managua CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Nicaraguan coffee growers 2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): EDUARDO ESCOBAR, Executive secretary of National Commission for Transformation and Development of Nicaraguan Coffee Farming 3. various of Nicaraguan coffee producing process STORYLINE: In the fertile mountains of Nicaragua, thousands of small-scale producers grow and process top-quality artisanal coffee. They produce 3.7 million quintals of coffee a year, of which 90 percent is exported. The coffee producers want to further diversify sales abroad and find a way into the Chinese market. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): EDUARDO ESCOBAR, Executive secretary of National Commission for Transformation and Development of Nicaraguan Coffee Farming "There is, let's say, a mutual gain as Nicaragua opens doors to the market in China because of the trust between the two countries, because of the years-long relationship, and of cours