In June coffee imports fall by 30%

Colombian coffee production increased by 1%

 

Bogotá, July 7, 2023 (FNC Press Office) – At the end of June, estimated coffee imports decreased 30% compared to the previous year, from 141,000 bags in June 2022 to 99,000* in 2023, that is, 42,000 bags less.

However, 12-month coffee imports remain at levels higher than those seen a year earlier.

Registered coffee production in Colombia, the world’s largest producer of mild washed Arabica, rose 1% in June from 951,000 60-kg bags in 2022 to 956,000 bags in the same month of 2023.

However, in the last 12 months, it fell 13% from 12.3 million bags to 10.7 million as a result of climate variables that affect coffee production, which were not favorable for the flowering and fruit filling processes in the country’s coffee regions.

From July 2022 to June 2023, coffee exports reached 10.5 million bags, down 16% from the volume seen a year earlier.

* Preliminary figure estimated by the FNC for calculating monthly coffee production, subject to changes. The final data is calculated from the foreign trade information regularly published by the National Directorate of Taxes and Customs (DIAN).