São Paulo – Year-to-date, Brazil’s coffee exports to Arab countries registered an increase in value and decline in volume. According to a balance sheet from January to September released this Thursday by the Council of Coffee Exporters of Brazil (Cecafé), the country exported US$ 156.1 million of coffee to the Arab countries, an increase of 5.8% over the US$ 147.5 million registered in the same period of last year. In volume, Brazil exported 1.03 million of 60 kg bags of green coffee, or 1.5% less in the same comparison.
Overall, Brazilian coffee exports totaled US$ 4.57 billion from January to September, a decline of 1.3% in comparison with 2014. The volume exported totaled 26.5 million bags, or 0.6% less than the same period of last year. The average price of the bag is 0.8% less, standing at US$ 172.40 per bag.
The data takes into account the exports of Arabica coffee, which amount to 77.2% of the total; robusta (12.8% of the total); instant coffee (9.8%); and roasted and grounded (0.1%). According to Cecafé, shipments of robusta increased 51% over the period of January to September of last year, the highest volume of this type of coffee since 1990.
In September, the country exported 3.07 million bags, an increase of 3% over shipments of September of last year. Revenues generated by these shipments totaled US$ 482.1 million, an 18.6% drop in comparison to the same month in 2014.
The main importer of Brazilian coffee was the United States, which imported 22% of the total coffee shipped from Brazil, followed by Germany (18%), Italy (8%) and Japan (6%). Among continents, groups and economic blocks, Europe was the main client, buying 54% of all the coffee Brazil exported up to September. The share of the Arab countries stood at 4% of the total sold by Brazil.
*Translated by Sérgio Kakitani
