Coffee: Movement
How countries that grow no coffee become top exporters
What this tab covers How it flows between countries: the largest bilateral trade routes drawn on a world map, 2024 UN Comtrade export and import values with the top exporters and importers by share, plus shipping routes, chokepoints and trade restrictions.UN Comtrade data for coffee (HS 0901, green and roasted) show $43.5 billion of exports in 2024. Brazil supplied 26.1% by value and Colombia 8.1%, but Switzerland (8.9%), Germany (8.7%) and Italy (6.5%) also rank high because they roast and re-export. On the import side the United States took 20.2%, Germany 12.3%, France 7.7% and Italy 7.0%. Radetzki & Wårell note that a large share of world output is traded, since consumers sit mostly in temperate rich countries, and that tariff escalation, up to 12% on roasted coffee, keeps roasting in importing countries. The EU deforestation regulation adds traceability demands.
Main trade routes, 2024
Chart: World map of the largest trade flows
Exporter (size = share of world exports) Importer (share of world imports) Largest bilateral flows (width = value) Shipping chokepoint UN Comtrade 2024, reported exports by the top four exporters of each traded form to their partners (US$). Bubbles: shares of reported world exports and imports for the main traded form. Hover a line or circle for values.