São Paulo – The Arab market imported from Brazil, from January to October, 1.13 million bags of coffee, which corresponded to revenues of US$ 139.1 million. Total shipments of the commodity were 25.15 million bags, growth of 8% over the same period. Revenues with exports totalled US$ 3.48 billion in the first ten months of the year.
The figures, disclosed last week by the Brazilian Coffee Exporter Council (Cecafé), shows that, in the accumulated result from January to October, Arabica type coffee was responsible for 87% of sales, followed by soluble coffee, with 9%, and Robusta, with 4%.
The main markets for Brazilian coffee in the period were Europe, with imports of 13.93 million bags of coffee and revenues of US$ 1.92 billion, which corresponded to 55% of the total exports of the product; North America, with 5.42 million bags and revenues of US$ 726.2 million (with participation of 22%); Asia, with 4.15 million bags and US$ 605.8 million in revenues (17%) and South America, with 1 million bags and US$ 141 million in revenues (with 4%). The Arab market represented 4% of total Brazilian coffee exports.
According to Cecafé, the main ports of shipment of the product were Santos, with participation of 71.8% of shipments; Vitória, with 15.8% and Rio de Janeiro, with 10.1%. The main buyers of Brazilian coffee in the period were Germany (5 million bags), the United States (4.8 million bags), Italy (2 million), Japan (1.8 million) and Belgium (1.7 million). In the accumulated result for the last 12 months, Brazil sold 31,341,855 bags of coffee, generating revenues of US$ 4.4 billion.
In October, Brazilian coffee exports reached a total of 2.78 million bags, which corresponded to revenues of US$ 414.9 million. In comparison with the same month last year, the volume of bags was 9.3% greater.
*Translated by Mark Ament
