Foreign exchange revenue from the sale of differentiated coffees in the first four months of the year grows 65,8% to reach US$620,8 million

In the first four months of this year 2022, Brazil exported the equivalent of 2 million 60kg bags of differentiated coffees, which are coffees that add additional value to both internal and external sales due to their superior quality or some type of practice certificate. sustainable. This physical volume corresponded to 14,7% of the total coffee exported by Brazil from January to April this year. The foreign exchange revenue obtained from exports of differentiated coffees was US$620,8 million, an amount that corresponded to 19,8% of the total generated from exports of all types of Brazilian Coffees, and represented a significant increase of 65,8. 2021% compared to the revenue obtained in the first four months of XNUMX.

Total Brazilian Coffee exports in the first four months of this year, including all types of coffee, were 13,6 million 60kg bags, a physical volume that represents a reduction of 10,6% compared to the same period 2021. In relation to the foreign exchange revenue obtained by the country, there was an increase of 56,3%, reaching US$ 3,13 billion, compared to US$ 2 billion in 2021. This significant increase in foreign exchange revenue is justified by the high exchange rates bag of coffee and the high value of the dollar.

Regarding the percentage share in exports by types of coffee (Arabica, Robusta and soluble) sold in the highlighted period, it appears that Arabica coffee represented 87,2% of exports, with the equivalent of 11,8 million sacks. Additionally, soluble coffee, with exports equivalent to 1,22 million bags of 60kg, represented 9% of the total, while Robusta coffees, with sales abroad equivalent to 509,5 thousand bags, corresponded to 3,7. XNUMX%.

The numbers and other data on the export performance of Cafés do Brasil that allowed this analysis to be carried out, among various other relevant information from the sector, are included in the Monthly report April 2022, from the Brazilian Coffee Exporters Council – Cecafé, which is available in full on Coffee Observatory of the Consórcio Pesquisa Café, coordinated by Embrapa Café. 

Finally, it is worth highlighting the five main destinations for Brazilian Coffee exports, in a ranking in descending order, in the first four months of 2022. There was a change in first place, with Germany taking over as the largest importing country of Brazilian Coffee with the equivalent of 2,54 million bags of imported coffee, which correspond to 18,7% of the total sold in the period; followed by the United States, the traditional leader, with 2,5 million bags imported (18,4%); Belgium, in third, with 1,42 million bags (10,4%); Italy, next, with approximately 1,2 million bags (8,8%); and Japan, in fifth place, with 641,75 thousand bags (4,7%).

Thus, in addition to these subjects, the monthly reports released by Cecafé also provide various information and analyzes on coffee exports by continent, group and economic bloc, main destinations and ports of shipment of exports, profile of world coffee consumption, Brazilian participation in exports world coffee markets, trade balance data, etc. that are worth consulting. O Monthly report April 2022 It also has an article on sustainable coffee farming, highlighting Brazil's leadership in the supply of sustainable coffees.