Unit 7 Assignment
Justin Sinko
AB299: Associates Capstone in Management
Prof: David J Young
6/30/13

The world’s top country for producing coffee beans is Brazil. I choose them because why not get coffee beans from the world best coffee bean country. The country has held this position for over 150 years of being the top producer of coffee beans. Coffee plantations cover almost 10,000 sq mi of land. They harvest these beans in the southern part of the country where it is ideal for growing the beans. Brazil started growing coffee beans at the start of the 18th century and became the top producer. Brazil provides 80% of the world’s coffee today. The economical advantages to working with a company from Brazil are that the entire product that is unprocessed is duty free to the United States with an agreement. This helps bring the cost down when purchasing the coffee beans. Since coffee is the second imported commodity behind oil in the United States it makes it more important to get the coffee beans from Brazil who produces the finest and riches coffee in the world. Also you will never need to worry about shortages since this country produces Brazil coffee vendors must follow the fair trade act in order to produce coffee beans to be sold in the United States. This means they grow the coffee beans organic or semi organic without using harmful chemicals. There will be a market advantage by dulvaging in the Brazil coffee beans because they grow the most coffee so you will never worry about the supplier running out. You might pay more for the beans but in the long run your coffee will taste so much better than buying from a supplier who comes from s small operation. The country of Brazil backs up their farmers so you know that you’re getting a quality product. Buying from this supplier will affect the Bottom-line. It will affect it in a positive way by