Imports from all origins by ICO importing Members and the United States, decreased by 2.8% to 10.58 million bags in September 2020
In coffee year 2019/20, their total imports declined by 4.5% to 129.98 million bags. Imports by the EU in coffee year 2019/20 fell by 2.6% to 78.32 million bags with Brazil, Viet Nam and intra-EU trade as the main origins. Imports by the USA declined by 10% to 28.36 million bags, and Brazil, Colombia and Viet Nam were the main source. Japan’s imports decreased by 10% to 7.34 million bags with Brazil, Viet Nam and Colombia as the top three origins. Imports by the Russian Federation grew by 7.6% to 6.22 million bags, while those of the United Kingdom declined by 13.4% to 5 million bags. Imports by Switzerland, Norway and Tunisia increased by 9% to 3.41 million bags, 0.4% to 802,400 bags and 6.2% to 527,000 bags, respectively.
Green coffee imports by ICO Members and the USA decreased by 5.4% to 95.98 million bags in coffee year 2019/20 while roasted imports declined by 3.7% to 19.6 million bags. However, imports of soluble coffee increased by 1% to 14.41 million bags. Although roasted coffee imports declined for most ICO Members and the USA, Switzerland’s roasted coffee imports rose by 9.6% to 257,000 bags with Italy, Germany and the Netherlands as the main origins. In contrast, soluble imports rose for the USA and all ICO Members except the EU and the United Kingdom. Soluble imports by the EU fell by 2.2% to 7.73 million bags while those of the UK decreased by 7.4% to 1.14 million bags.