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Jacques
Dufort to concentrate on the Haitian market and consolidate
it until it became the famous coffee brand that we know now.
After Gonaives and then Carrefour, Dufort (named after the family),
REBO has now established its plant in Port-au-Prince.
 For a long time Haiti was the first Caribbean
coffee exporter but eventually the Dominican Republic took first
place. The production and the exportation have greatly diminished
since the 70's.At that time, close to 700 000 bags were being
produced in Haitian factories, out of which 500 000 were strictly
for exportation. Now the production is around 450 000 bags out
of which 60 to 100 000 are kept for exportation. This drop is
partly due to the lack of help from the Haitian government,
failing to encourage peasants to keep on with the production
of coffee.
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