Brazil green coffee exports fall 18% in September

SAO PAULO — Brazilian green coffee exports fell some 18% in September compared to the same month a year earlier, totaling 3.45 million 60-kg bags, exporters’ group Cecafe said, as the impact of US tariffs reduced shipments.

Brazil, the world’s top coffee producer and exporter, shipped 2.97 million bags of arabica beans abroad last month, down around 10% year on year, while exports of the robusta variety tumbled some 47% to near 489,700 bags.

Cecafe head Marcio Ferreira said in a statement a decline was already expected given the rough yearly comparison, as Brazil exported a record coffee volume in 2024.

“The decline was exacerbated by the 50% tariff imposed by US President Donald Trump on Brazilian coffee,” Mr. Ferreira added, noting the US was traditionally the main importer of Brazilian coffee.

The US however, which had already lost the lead to Germany in August, when the 50% tariffs imposed by Mr. Trump on the imports of most Brazilian goods took effect, was also outpaced by Italy in September, Cecafe said.

Brazil’s coffee exports to the US fell almost 53% from a year earlier in September, to around 333,000 bags, according to Cecafe data, including green and industrialized coffee.

Despite that, in the year through September, the US still holds the position as the main buyer of the Brazilian coffee. — Reuters