Coffee exports in September 2020 break historic record

Brazilian Coffee exports in September 2020 reached the highest volume ever recorded for the month, in total 3,8 million 60kg bags were exported, including green, soluble and roasted & ground coffee, a number that represented an increase of 8,6 .2019% compared to September 74,8. Arabica coffee was responsible for 2,8% of the volume shipped with 17,7 million bags, while conilon coffee had a 672,5% share with shipments of 93,8 thousand bags, a significant growth of 2019% compared to exports of this type of coffee in September 7,5. Instant coffee accounted for 283,1% of exports in the month with a volume equivalent to 60 thousand XNUMXkg bags.

The total exported from Cafés do Brasil in the current calendar year – January to September 2020 – was 30,5 million 60kg bags, which generated foreign exchange revenue of US$3,9 billion. Arabica coffee had a 77,9% share in exports in the current calendar year, with 23,8 million bags. Conilon coffee was responsible for 12,2% of the volume exported, reaching 3,7 million bags, which represented an increase of 22,3% compared to the same period in the previous calendar year. With 3 million bags, soluble coffee corresponded to 9,8% of shipments.

It is worth highlighting, according to data released by Cecafé, in the Monthly report September 2020, the top ten destinations for Brazilian Coffee exports, in the first nine months of 2020, in a ranking in descending order. In first place is the United States, which imported 5,6 million bags of coffee, which corresponds to 18,5% of the total sold in the period; then comes Germany, with 5,1 million bags imported (16,9%); Belgium, in third, with 2,4 million bags (7,8%); Italy, next, with 2,3 million bags (7,4%); and Japan, in fifth place, with 1,5 million bags (5,1%).

Next, in sixth place, comes Turkey, with 960,8 thousand bags (3,2%); Russian Federation, in seventh, with 940,5 thousand bags (3,1%); Mexico – eighth – with 782,2 thousand bags (2,6%); Spain, ninth place, with 700 thousand bags (2,3%); and, finally, Canada, in tenth place, with imports of 624,2 thousand bags, a physical volume that corresponds to 2% of Brazilian Coffee exports in the period in question. In this context, it is worth highlighting the fact that the Russian Federation, Mexico and Belgium showed an increase in purchases of Brazilian coffee in this period of around 19%.

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 on the sector, are included in the Monthly report September 2020, from the Brazilian Coffee Exporters Council – Cecafé, which is available in full on Coffee Observatory do Coffee Research Consortium, coordinated by Embrapa Coffee. 

With specific regard to differentiated coffees – which are coffees that have superior quality or some type of certificate of sustainable practices – Brazil exported 5,1 million 60kg bags, in the period from January to September 2020, which was the second largest volume of differentiated coffees shipped in the period over the last 5 years. This volume represented 16,8% of the total exports of Cafés do Brasil in the year, generating foreign exchange revenue of US$ 834,6 million, equivalent to 21,6% of all foreign exchange revenue generated with Brazilian coffee exports in the current civil year.

Thus, in addition to these highlights, in the same context on screen, the monthly Reports released by Cecafe They also provide various information and analyzes on Brazilian coffee exports, percentage participation by quality in exports, exports of differentiated coffees, coffee exports by continent, group and economic bloc, main destinations and ports of shipment of exports, profile of world consumption of coffee, Brazilian participation in world coffee exports, trade balance data, etc. that are worth consulting.