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MILAN – Brazilian coffee exports fell sharply in September, as the consequences of Trump’s tariffs began to be felt: according to data released yesterday, Thursday 9 October, by Cecafé, exports of all forms of coffee from Brazil fell by 18.4% in September, reaching 3,750,213 bags.
It is important to note that this figure is still one of the highest ever recorded for this month of the year, surpassed in historical series only by the nearly 4.6 million bags exported in September 2024 and by a volume of 4.2 million shipped in September 2020.
It is also important to note that, due to a 36.2% increase in the average price per bag, export earnings grew by 7.6% to $1.37 billion.
Green coffee exports fell by 18.3% to 3,454,705 bags. Arabica volumes were down 10.1% to 2,965,020 bags, while Robusta volumes fell by as much as 47.4%, despite this year’s record harvest.
Sales abroad of processed coffee fell by 19.5% to 295,508 bags, mostly soluble coffee.
In the first quarter of the 2025/26 crop year, exports totalled 9,675,694 bags (-20.6%). Green coffee exports amounted to 8,809,335 bags (-20.8%), of which 7,237,065 (-13.2%) were Arabica and 1,572,270 (-43.4%) were Robusta.
Processed coffee exports amounted to 866,359 bags (-18.8%).
Exports for the first nine months of the year fell by 20.5% in volume to 29,105,090 bags, but increased by 30% in value to exceed $11 billion. Green coffee shipments were down 21.8% on the same period last year, totalling 26,261,983 bags, of which 23,200,402 bags were Arabica (-12.5%) and 3,061,581 were Robusta (-56.6%). Exports of processed coffee amounted to 2,843,107 bags.
Shipments to all major destinations were down, starting with the US (-24.7%), Germany (-30.5%), Italy (-23.3%) and Belgium (-48.8%). The only exception was Japan, to which exports grew by almost 15%.
Last month’s figures already show the impact of US tariffs. Germany and Italy, despite a decline, surpassed the United States, whose volumes have more than halved compared to a year ago.
It should also be noted that exports to Colombia have increased more than sixfold, making it the ninth largest destination for Brazilian exports and the second largest destination among producing countries, behind only Mexico.
Hamburg remains the top destination port for Brazilian exports, ahead of Antwerp, New Orleans, Genoa, Rotterdam and Bremen.
