GWFP Mercon 2021

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Headquartered in the Netherlands, Mercon Coffee Group (“Mercon”) is a vertically integrated global green coffee supplier. Mercon is among the leading coffee suppliers in the world and has extensive experience in farming, production, trading, marketing, logistics and risk management in the coffee industry.With 65 years of experience, Mercon sources green coffee from major coffee-producing regions and merchandizes and supplies it to leading coffee roasters on a global basis. This proposed investment consists of a revolving credit facility of up to US$60 million by IFC (the “Facility”), which includes up to US$18 million from the Private Sector Window of Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP) with focus on Nicaragua in favor of Mercon. The proposed investment aims to support the coffee sector value chain from production and storage in IDA countries in Central America (Nicaragua, Honduras) and other producing countries (Brazil, Guatemala, Vietnam) to commercialization in multiple destinations.