Coffee Traders Scramble to Redirect Russia, Ukraine Shipments

Coffee Traders Scramble to Redirect Russia, Ukraine Shipments
Roasted coffee beans are seen on display in Bogota, Colombia, on June 5, 2019. Luisa Gonzalez/Reuters
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LONDON—Coffee traders are scrambling to redirect shipments headed for Russia and Ukraine as trade flows to the two countries collapse due to Western sanctions imposed on Moscow and Kyiv’s move to close its ports.

Russia is the world’s fourth-largest coffee importer after the European Union, the United States, and Japan.