NYBOT Announces New Orleans Coffee Warehouse Action

The New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®), the world’s leading “soft” commodity exchange, announced today that under the procedures and standards announced on February 10, 2006, for assessing the deliverable status of certified coffee stored in any store whose license was suspended as of that date, the NYBOT Executive Committee has today restored the deliverable status of certified coffee stored in Dupuy Store 2.

This action followed the restoration of the license of this store by the Warehouse and Licensing Committee based upon its determination that any and all damage to the facility of the store has been repaired and the store meets Exchange requirements for a licensed facility.

With these actions, the moratorium on the issuance of delivery notices against certified stocks in Dupuy Store 2 is lifted, the prohibition on certification of new coffee in the store is terminated, and the prohibition on licensed stores accepting coffee that had been held in this store during the period from August 27th to date is terminated, effective immediately.

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