Brazilian Coffee Production is equivalent to 36% of world production in 2018

The production of Brazilian Coffees will be 58,04 million 60kg bags and the world production will be 160 million bags in 2018. The production of the Arabica species in our country will reach a volume of 44,33 million bags and the world production of this type of coffee 97,43 million bags. Regarding the production of conilon coffee, the harvest will be 13,71 million bags in Brazil and 62,24 million bags worldwide. For the purposes of comparing Brazilian production with the world, the coffee year of the International Coffee Organization – ICO was considered, which corresponds to the period from October to September.

In the national territory, the coffee growing area that is in production in 2018 is 1,88 million hectares, which will have a record average productivity of 30,86 bags per hectare, considering the estimate from the National Supply Company – Conab constant in the 2st Survey of the 2018 Coffee Crop - May 2018, which is available in full on Coffee Observatory of the Café Research Consortium, coordinated by Embrapa Café. For Conab, this productivity record is attributed to the “high biennial cycle, especially in crops of the Arabica species, to favorable climatic conditions and to the improvement of the technological package, mainly of more productive.” Bienniality, in this case, is a phenomenon in coffee farming that alternates lower productivity in one year with higher productivity in the following year.

Specifically in relation to the increase in productivity of the 2018 harvest, Conab in its analyzes points to conilon coffee that “(...) In practically all states where conilon cultivation predominates, the expectation is for higher productivity than the previous harvest due to the better climatic conditions during the development of crops”. And, as for Arabica coffee, this “(...) species most influenced by the biennial cycle, will enter a new year of positive biennial this year. (...) This is a natural characteristic of this perennial crop, caused by the exhaustion of the plant, since in a negative year it recovers to produce better in the subsequent year. The estimate is that productivity will reach 29,45 scs/ha, an increase of 27,4% compared to the previous year.

In relation to the volume of Brazilian production, the ranking of the six largest producing states in 2018, in descending order, is as follows: Minas Gerais, in first place, with 30,7 million bags, corresponding to 53% of production; Espírito Santo, in second, with 12,81 million bags (22%); São Paulo, next, with 6,07 million bags (10%); Bahia, 4,50 million bags (8%), Rondônia, 2,19 million bags (4%) and Paraná, the sixth producing state, with 2%, produces 1,05 million bags.

In the context of world production, based on the figures highlighted by Conab in relation to Brazil, and the ICO figures for the other main producing countries, we have the following ranking: Brazil, in first place, with 58 million bags , 36% of the total produced; Vietnam, in second place, with 29,5 million bags and 18% of global production; Colombia, in third, with 14 million bags (9%); Indonesia, fourth, with 12 million bags (8%); Honduras, next with 8,3 million bags (5%); and Ethiopia, sixth place, with 7,7 million bags corresponding to 5% of global production. Access global coffee production data published by  OIC on the page Historical data.

The ICO data, which appears in the Report on the Coffee market April - 2018, highlight that world consumption this coffee year will be 159,92 million bags and will exceed production (159,66) by approximately 254 thousand bags. Based on these coffee production performance figures, it is possible to verify that more than 1/3 of the coffee consumed in the world is produced in the national territory (36,2%).

Coffee Harvest Survey - Conab carries out four coffee harvest surveys each year. The first, the subject of this publication, is carried out in the months of November and December and published in January, and portrays the post-flowering period of the coffee plant. The second, carried out and published in May, represents the pre-harvest period. The third, carried out in August and published in September, covers the period of full harvest in the country. The fourth survey, carried out and published in December, covers the post-harvest period, when all data obtained in the field.

Steering Committees of the Coffee Policy Deliberative Council – CDPC - Conab, like Embrapa Café, is also part of the following CDPC/Mapa Steering Committees: CDPD/Café Café Research and Development Steering Committee; and Strategic Planning for Agribusiness Café - CDPE/Café. Click here and learn about the institutional competencies of the CDPC and its respective Steering Committees.