■ Expectations of a global deficit in coffee year 2019/2020 is estimated at 502,000 bags.
■ World coffee production in coffee year 2019/20 is projected 0.9% lower at 167.4 million bags
■ Arabica: 2.7% decline in output to 95.68 million bags
■ Robusta: 1.5% rise to 71.72 million bags.
About 70 countries grow coffee. The world's major coffee producers are Brazil, Vietnam, Colombia and Indonesia.
Brazil and Colombia produce
mostly Arabica coffee and together account for more than 40% of world coffee production.
Vietnam
produces Robusta coffee, generally considered to be a lower quality type of coffee than Arabica.
Most of the world's premium or gourmet coffee is grown by about 35 countries.
Six ACP countries produce over 800,000 bags per year : Ethiopia, Uganda,
Côte d’Ivoire, Papua
New Guinea, Tanzania and Kenya.
Under the Coffee Quality-Improvement Programme (CQP), moisture content should not fall below 8% or exceed 12.5%, and there should be no more than 86 or 150 defects per 300g sample of Arabica and Robusta coffee respectively.
ICO (International Coffee Organization) Member countries cannot export coffee that has the following characteristics:
Arabica
in excess of 86 defects per 300g sample (New York green coffee classification/Brazilian method, or equivalent)
Robusta
in excess of 150 defects per 300 grammes (Vietnam, Indonesia, or equivalent)
For both Arabica and Robusta, moisture content below 8 percent or in excess of 12.5 percent, measured using the ISO 6673 method.
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The United States is the second largest importer of coffee after the European Union. Five major companies purchase about 50% of
the world's annual production of coffee.
The EU accounts for nearly half of world bean imports and is forecast to increase slightly to 45.5 million bags, with top suppliers including Brazil (28%),
Vietnam (25%) and Honduras (7%). As a result, stocks are expected to remain tight.
The real growth in coffee demand, is coming from emerging economies like China, India, Brazil,
Russia and Latin America. All of these regions are seeing a much higher increase in coffee coffee consumption than the worldwide
average growth of coffee consumption which is about two percent annually. These emerging markets are growing their coffee
consumption much more rapidly, from five to twenty percent annually
Germany is Europe’s largest market for sustainable coffees followed by the Netherlands
and the United Kingdom.
U.S. Coffee Industry
$36 billion annually in retail and food service sales
$5 billion in trade with 50
countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America
2,300 roasters and importers
28,000 cafés.
