There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
OVERSUPPLY
glut, oversupply, surfeit
(noun) the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall
flood, oversupply, glut
(verb) supply with an excess of; “flood the market with tennis shoes”; “Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
oversupply (third-person singular simple present oversupplies, present participle oversupplying, simple past and past participle oversupplied)
To supply more than is needed.
Noun
oversupply (countable and uncountable, plural oversupplies)
An excessive supply. [from 19th c.]
Source: Wiktionary
O`ver*sup*ply", v. t.
Definition: To supply in excess.
O"ver*sup*ply`, n.
Definition: An excessive supply. A general oversupply or excess of all commodities. J. S. Mill.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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