Soluble coffee exports from Brazil break record in last 12 months

Following the historical record of exports of all types of coffee (green and industrialized) by Brazil in 2018, the country continues to demonstrate its strength in the segment. Domestic soluble coffee achieved its best performance in the accumulated shipments in the last 12-month period (Sep/2018 to Aug/2019), having sent the equivalent of 3.97m 60 kg bags abroad.

“These nearly 4m bags set a record for 12-month intervals and reflect the efforts that the industries in the sector make in investing in production plants and negotiating with players worldwide,” says Aguinaldo Lima, director of Institutional Relations at the Brazilian Association of the Soluble Coffee Industry (Abics).

In the accumulated of 2019, shipments totaled 2.66m bags and account for 9.8% of Brazil’s total coffee exports by the end of August. “This amount is equivalent to a growth of 10% over the same range of 2018 and is the best performance recorded by our shipments in the last five years,” says Lima.

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The main customer for Brazilian instant coffee, in the first eight months of 2019, was the United States, which acquired 429,921 bags, 2.8% more than the 418,062 bags imported from January to August last year. Next was Russia, with the purchase of 256,996 bags (-10.3%); Indonesia, with a growth of 6.9% compared to 2018 and the acquisition of 196,264 bags; Japan, with the importation of 189,096 bags (-14.4%); and Argentina, which bought 162,451 bags (-15.1%).

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