Coffee Imports by Country
Global purchases of imported coffee totaled an estimated US$31 billion in 2018.
Overall, the value of imported coffee sank by -0.6% for all importing countries since 2014 when coffee purchases were valued at $31.1 billion. From 2017 to 2018, worldwide coffee imports depreciated by -5.5%.
From a continental perspective, European countries consumed the highest dollar worth of imported coffee during 2018 with purchases valued at $18.2 billion or 58.8% of the global total. In second place were North American importers at 22.6% while 13.6% of coffee imports were delivered to Asia. Smaller percentages arrived in Africa (1.8%), Oceania (also 1.8%) led by Australia and New Zealand, then Latin America (1.3%) excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean.
The 4-digit Harmonized Tariff System code prefix for coffee is 0901.
Coffee Imports by Country
- Top 15
- USA
- Germany
- France
- France
- United States: US$5.7 billion (18.5% of total coffee imports)
- Germany: $3.5 billion (11.2%)
- France: $2.8 billion (9.1%)
- Italy: $1.7 billion (5.6%)
- Netherlands: $1.3 billion (4.2%)
- Japan: $1.26 billion (4.1%)
- Canada: $1.2 billion (3.9%)
- United Kingdom: $1.08 billion (3.5%)
- Belgium: $1.07 billion (3.5%)
- Spain: $1.03 billion (3.3%)
- Switzerland: $757.6 million (2.4%)
- South Korea: $637.3 million (2%)
- Russia: $593 million (1.9%)
- Poland: $581.5 million (1.9%)
- Australia: $471.6 million (1.5%)
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing markets for coffee since 2014 were: Poland (up 37.5%), United Kingdom (up 29.5%), Netherlands (up 27.8%) then South Korea (up 20.9%).
Those countries that posted declines in their imported coffee purchases were led by: Germany (down -13.9%), Japan (down -12.5%), Canada (down -7.5%) then United States (down -4.9%).
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