MILAN – According to the monthly report from the Brazilian Coffee Exporters Council (Cecafé), Brazil shipped 4.329 million bags of all forms of coffee in November marking a 15.4% increase year-over-year. Due to lower prices, earnings were down by 10.2% to US$810.4 million.
Green coffee exports reached a total of 4,097,547 bags, up 18.2% from the same month of 2022.
However, Arabica volumes suffered a 3.4% decrease to 3,241,668 bags, while Robusta coffees recorded a whopping 677.9% increase to an all-time -high of 855,879 bags.
Sales abroad of processed coffee fell 18.6% to 231,363 bags of mostly soluble coffee.
Exports of all forms of coffee over the first 11 months of 2023 are still 3.2% down at 35,004,049 bags.
Green coffee exports from Brazil fell 3.3% to 31,646,241 bags, due to a 12% decrease of Arabica shipments to 27,508,482 bags, partially offset by a stunning 186% surge in Robusta shipments.
Processed coffee volumes drop by 2.6% to 3,357,808 bags.
Exports of all forms of coffee in the first five months of 2023/24 (July-November) rose by 16.2% to 18,773,523 bags, of which 17,355,346 bags of green coffee.
Arabica exports were flat at 13,974,755, Robusta exports jumped to 3,380,591 bags, up 420.9% from the equivalent period of 2022/23.
During the January-November period, exports to the main markets were mostly on the decrease, with the exception of Japan and the UK.
In fact, shipments to the USA, Germany, Italy and Belgium were down by 25.7%, 30.4%, 9.2% and 29.1% respectively. Exports to Japan and the UK rose by 21.9% and 71.1%.
Hamburg was the main port of destination, followed by Antwerp, Bremen, New Orleans and Genova.
Cecafe President Marcio Ferreira said the booming Robusta exports were fuelled by increased production of the variety “as a result of significant productivity gains, new plantings and continuous quality improvement.”