Month: March 2020

Less Brazilian coffee on the markets around the world, export decreased

According to Cecafé monthly report, Brazilian coffee exports recorded a decrease of 24.3% in February 2020: 2.7 million bags compared to over 3.5 million recorded in the same month of 2019. Arabica coffee represented 81.5% of total exports in February with 2.2 million bags shipped. Instant coffee made up 10.4% to 281,000 bags. Robusta coffee contributed 8.1% of exports with 219,000 bags, an increase of 3.3% on an annual basis. The main destinations for Brazilian coffee were the United States, Germany and Italy.

Internorga 2020 cancelled

Internorga, Europe’s leading trade show for foodservice and hospitality and partner of CoffeeBI, announces that the show, originally scheduled to take place from 13 until 17 March 2020, then postponed to 20 to 24 June of this year, has been cancelled due to the increasing spread of the new coronavirus Covid-19. The next edition of Internorga has been rescheduled for

Covid-19 presents considerable downside risk to global coffee consumption

Coffee consumption growth rate by regions

According to preliminary estimates published by International Coffee organization world coffee numbers has decreased compared to last year.
World coffee consumption is estimated 169.3 million bags, 0.7% greater than in 2018/19 but Covid-19 presents a risk to global coffee consumption.