Overall, the value of imported coffee increased by 8.2% for all importing countries since 2017 when coffee purchases were valued at $33.3 billion.
From 2020 to 2021, worldwide coffee imports expanded by an average 14.4%.
The top 5 importers of coffee (United States, Germany, France, Italy and Belgium) bought almost half (48%) of the worldwide total for 2021.
From a continental perspective, countries in Europe consumed the highest dollar worth of imported coffee during 2021 with purchases costing $20.8 billion or 57.6% of the global total. In second place were North American importers at 23.4% while another 14% of imported coffee was delivered to buyers in Asia.
Tinier percentages arrived in Africa (1.71%), Oceania (1.68%) led by Australia and New Zealand, then Latin America (1.58%) excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean.
For research purposes, the 4-digit Harmonized Tariff System code prefix for coffee is 0901.
Coffee Imports by Country
Below are the 15 countries that imported the highest dollar value worth of coffee during 2021.
- United States: US$6.9 billion (19.2% of total coffee imports)
- Germany: $4.1 billion (11.4%)
- France: $3.1 billion (8.6%)
- Italy: $1.7 billion (4.8%)
- Belgium: $1.43 billion (4%)
- Canada: $1.42 billion (3.9%)
- Netherlands: $1.33 billion (3.7%)
- Japan: $1.32 billion (3.7%)
- Spain: $1.12 billion (3.1%)
- Switzerland: $995 million (2.8%)
- United Kingdom: $946.6 million (2.6%)
- South Korea: $916.5 million (2.5%)
- Russia: $786.8 million (2.2%)
- Poland: $737.2 million (2%)
- Australia: $510.4 million (1.4%)
By value, the listed 15 countries purchased just over three-quarters (75.9%) of all coffee imports in 2021. Within parenthesis is the percentage of overall coffee shipments for each importing geography.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing markets for coffee from 2020 to 2021 were: Belgium (up 27%), South Korea (up 24.2%), United States of America (up 21.9%) and Russia (up 20.7%).
One country posted a decline in its imported coffee purchases namely the United Kingdom thanks to a -6.1% drop year over year.
Coffee Imports into the United States by Source Country
America’s global purchases of imported coffee totaled US$6.9 billion in 2021.
Below are the top 15 suppliers from which United States imported the highest dollar value worth of coffee during 2021. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2020 to 2021.
- Colombia: US$1.4 billion (up 21.6% from 2020)
- Brazil: $1.3 billion (up 17.2%)
- Switzerland: $799.8 million (up 73.6%)
- Canada: $444.5 million (up 17.5%)
- Guatemala: $420.7 million (up 36%)
- Honduras: $390.8 million (up 60.4%)
- Vietnam: $282.6 million (down -3.8%)
- Mexico: $281.7 million (up 35.9%)
- Nicaragua: $268.6 million (up 8%)
- Indonesia: $216 million (down -10%)
- Peru: $187.5 million (down -15.2%)
- Ethiopia: $168.2 million (up 25.6%)
- Costa Rica: $151.7 million (down -14.1%)
- Italy: $133.5 million (up 37.8%)
- Germany: $103.2 million (up 34.4%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 94.1% of coffee imported by the US in 2021.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of coffee to the US from 2020 to 2021 were: Switzerland (up 73.6%), Honduras (up 60.4%), Italy (up 37.8%) and Guatemala (up 36.0%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their coffee supplied to American importers were: Peru (down -15.2%), Costa Rica (down -14.1%), Indonesia (down -10%) and Vietnam (down -3.8%).
Overall, the value of US coffee imports rose by an average 21.9% from all supplying countries since 2020 when coffee purchases were valued at $5.7 billion.
Coffee Imports into Germany by Source Country
Germany’s global purchases of imported coffee totaled US$4.1 billion in 2021.
Below are the top 15 suppliers from which Germany imported the highest dollar value worth of coffee during 2021. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2020 to 2021.
- Brazil: US$1.2 billion (up 33.4% from 2020)
- Vietnam: $388 million (up 0.7%)
- Honduras: $326.1 million (up 5.6%)
- Italy: $295.2 million (up 15.7%)
- Switzerland: $253.4 million (up 1.6%)
- Colombia: $240.1 million (up 16.7%)
- Ethiopia: $184 million (up 37.1%)
- Peru: $163.5 million (up 8.4%)
- Uganda: $110.6 million (up 36.2%)
- France: $89 million (up 32%)
- India: $84.2 million (up 4.7%)
- Poland: $74.9 million (up 18.1%)
- Netherlands: $60.3 million (down -9.8%)
- Belgium: $56 million (up 25.9%)
- Guatemala: $50 million (up 26.9%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 88% of coffee imported by Germany in 2021.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of coffee to Germany from 2020 to 2021 were: Ethiopia (up 37.1%), Uganda (up 36.2%), Brazil (up 33.4%) and France (up 32%).
Only the Netherlands experienced a decline in the value of coffee supplied to German importers via a -9.8% reduction.
Overall, the value of Germany’s coffee imports increased by an average 16.3% from all supplying countries since 2020 when coffee purchases were valued at $3.5 billion.
Coffee Imports into France by Source Country
France’s global purchases of imported coffee totaled US$3.1 billion in 2021.
Below are the top 15 suppliers from which France imported the highest dollar value worth of coffee during 2021. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2020 to 2021.
- Switzerland: US$1.4 billion (up 0.8% from 2020)
- Germany: $294 million (up 0.4%)
- Netherlands: $262.5 million (up 7.8%)
- Belgium: $234.1 million (up 27%)
- Italy: $169.9 million (up 20.1%)
- Brazil: $149.8 million (up 24.2%)
- Honduras: $80.4 million (up 27.1%)
- Spain: $42.6 million (down -4.1%)
- Ethiopia: $41.92 million (up 27.7%)
- Peru: $41.86 million (up 6.4%)
- United Kingdom: $39.2 million (up 44.4%)
- Vietnam: $38.6 million (down -25.1%)
- Colombia: $31.3 million (down -1.6%)
- Mexico: $19.1 million (down -15.7%)
- Poland: $18.4 million (up 34.9%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 47.4% of coffee imported by France in 2021.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of coffee to France from 2020 to 2021 were: United Kingdom (up 44.4%), Poland (up 34.9%), Ethiopia (up 27.7%) and Honduras (up 27.1%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their coffee supplied to French importers were: Vietnam (down -25.1%), Mexico (down -15.7%), Spain (down -4.1%) and Colombia (down -1.6%).
Overall, the value of France’s coffee imports gained an average 7% from all supplying countries since 2020 when coffee purchases were valued at $2.9 billion.
Coffee Imports into Italy by Source Country
Italy’s global purchases of imported coffee totaled US$1.7 billion in 2021.
Below are the top 15 suppliers from which Italy imported the highest dollar value worth of coffee during 2021. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2020 to 2021.
- Brazil: US$475.1 million (up 20.1% from 2020)
- Vietnam: $233.2 million (up 4.6%)
- France: $192 million (up 8.8%)
- Uganda: $178.1 million (up 36.9%)
- India: $121.9 million (up 18.5%)
- Germany: $69 million (down -0.1%)
- Colombia: $59.7 million (up 9.3%)
- Honduras: $57.1 million (down -5%)
- Indonesia: $40.6 million (down -22.1%)
- Ethiopia: $37.5 million (up 40.5%)
- Guatemala: $33.7 million (up 20.9%)
- Spain: $32.3 million (up 75.1%)
- Nicaragua: $28.6 million (up 47.8%)
- Peru: $28.2 million (down -8.4%)
- Mexico: $25.5 million (up 124.8%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 92.3% of coffee imported by Italy in 2021.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of coffee to Italy from 2020 to 2021 were: Mexico (up 124.8%), Spain (up 75.1%), Nicaragua (up 47.8%) and Ethiopia (up 40.5%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their coffee supplied to Italian importers were: Indonesia (down -22.1%), Peru (down -8.4%), Honduras (down -5.0%) and Germany (down -0.1%).
Overall, the value of Italy’s coffee imports expanded by an average 15.3% from all supplying countries since 2020 when coffee purchases were valued at $1.5 billion.
Searchable List of Coffee Importing Countries in 2021
The top 100 importers of coffee represent 99.7% of the dollar value for all coffee bought from international suppliers in 2021.
| Rank | Importer | Coffee Imports (US$) | 2020-1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | United States | $6,920,018,000 | +21.9% |
| 2. | Germany | $4,117,298,000 | +16.3% |
| 3. | France | $3,086,643,000 | +7% |
| 4. | Italy | $1,746,328,000 | +15.3% |
| 5. | Belgium | $1,429,688,000 | +27% |
| 6. | Canada | $1,423,418,000 | +18% |
| 7. | Netherlands | $1,329,033,000 | +11.8% |
| 8. | Japan | $1,319,359,000 | +11.9% |
| 9. | Spain | $1,115,012,000 | +10% |
| 10. | Switzerland | $995,026,000 | +16.3% |
| 11. | United Kingdom | $946,617,000 | -6.1% |
| 12. | South Korea | $916,479,000 | +24.2% |
| 13. | Russia | $786,828,000 | +20.7% |
| 14. | Poland | $737,237,000 | +13.7% |
| 15. | Australia | $510,430,000 | +7.8% |
| 16. | China | $490,186,000 | +56.6% |
| 17. | Austria | $467,724,000 | +10% |
| 18. | Sweden | $452,245,000 | +6.4% |
| 19. | Saudi Arabia | $351,530,000 | +24.9% |
| 20. | Portugal | $322,296,000 | +23.4% |
| 21. | Romania | $312,674,000 | +16.5% |
| 22. | Greece | $287,366,000 | +23.7% |
| 23. | Czech Republic | $279,011,000 | +3.4% |
| 24. | Finland | $278,328,000 | +6.4% |
| 25. | Malaysia | $248,464,000 | -0.8% |
| 26. | Turkey | $232,670,000 | +14.7% |
| 27. | Norway | $209,613,000 | +8.9% |
| 28. | Taiwan | $207,317,000 | +3.2% |
| 29. | Slovakia | $203,214,000 | +54.5% |
| 30. | Colombia | $203,142,000 | +101.1% |
| 31. | Denmark | $201,105,000 | +14.4% |
| 32. | Ukraine | $181,166,000 | +8.9% |
| 33. | Israel | $180,404,000 | +28.9% |
| 34. | Egypt | $155,211,000 | +34.4% |
| 35. | Lithuania | $148,572,000 | +11.4% |
| 36. | United Arab Emirates | $141,724,000 | +13.4% |
| 37. | Bulgaria | $140,789,000 | +7.1% |
| 38. | Luxembourg | $138,013,000 | +21.8% |
| 39. | Hungary | $136,394,000 | +21.6% |
| 40. | Thailand | $130,578,000 | +1.3% |
| 41. | Morocco | $125,235,000 | +23.2% |
| 42. | India | $118,722,000 | +10.2% |
| 43. | Ireland | $117,882,000 | +6.6% |
| 44. | Jordan | $109,504,000 | +16.9% |
| 45. | Argentina | $91,611,000 | +30.1% |
| 46. | Mexico | $88,144,000 | +20.7% |
| 47. | Serbia | $83,556,000 | +16.4% |
| 48. | New Zealand | $83,173,000 | +10.8% |
| 49. | Croatia | $81,130,000 | +12.8% |
| 50. | Philippines | $78,600,000 | -3.1% |
| 51. | Slovenia | $78,377,000 | +11.4% |
| 52. | South Africa | $75,933,000 | -2% |
| 53. | Brazil | $74,444,000 | +16.1% |
| 54. | Chile | $71,426,000 | +56.4% |
| 55. | Vietnam | $71,397,000 | -16% |
| 56. | Singapore | $67,867,000 | +11.5% |
| 57. | Latvia | $67,236,000 | -6.3% |
| 58. | Tunisia | $63,404,000 | +18.2% |
| 59. | Belarus | $62,383,000 | +17.2% |
| 60. | Bosnia/Herzegovina | $59,820,000 | +29.8% |
| 61. | Algeria | $56,647,000 | -70% |
| 62. | Hong Kong | $55,208,000 | +36.8% |
| 63. | Lebanon | $44,046,000 | +6.9% |
| 64. | Kuwait | $43,874,000 | -24.8% |
| 65. | Libya | $43,083,000 | +25.9% |
| 66. | Estonia | $42,515,000 | +0.9% |
| 67. | Syria | $40,800,000 | -17.7% |
| 68. | Armenia | $38,226,000 | +68.5% |
| 69. | Dominican Republic | $35,635,000 | +43.9% |
| 70. | Indonesia | $32,694,000 | -14.6% |
| 71. | Albania | $30,632,000 | -1.3% |
| 72. | Cyprus | $25,106,000 | +7.1% |
| 73. | Iceland | $24,295,000 | +15.7% |
| 74. | Costa Rica | $22,762,000 | +1.4% |
| 75. | Kenya | $20,895,000 | +117.3% |
| 76. | Qatar | $19,217,000 | -7% |
| 77. | Georgia | $19,082,000 | +22.4% |
| 78. | Sudan | $17,239,000 | -85% |
| 79. | North Macedonia | $12,960,000 | -41% |
| 80. | Kazakhstan | $12,338,000 | +35.3% |
| 81. | Cuba | $12,212,000 | -21.1% |
| 82. | Moldova | $10,802,000 | +24.1% |
| 83. | Panama | $10,185,000 | -10.1% |
| 84. | Uruguay | $10,123,000 | +99% |
| 85. | Montenegro | $9,624,000 | +39.5% |
| 86. | Iran | $9,297,000 | -79.6% |
| 87. | North Korea | $8,489,000 | -1.2% |
| 88. | Namibia | $7,846,000 | +21.9% |
| 89. | Oman | $7,665,000 | -47.5% |
| 90. | Maldives | $7,430,000 | +35.2% |
| 91. | Democra. Rep. Congo | $7,406,000 | +2394% |
| 92. | Malta | $6,560,000 | +30.2% |
| 93. | Botswana | $6,441,000 | +17.4% |
| 94. | Iraq | $6,248,000 | -40.6% |
| 95. | Macao | $6,030,000 | +3% |
| 96. | Andorra | $5,962,000 | +18.7% |
| 97. | Venezuela | $5,504,000 | -66.3% |
| 98. | Bahrain | $4,867,000 | -41.9% |
| 99. | New Caledonia | $4,305,000 | +3.1% |
| 100. | Greenland | $4,285,000 | +10.4% |
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Enlarging the scope to encompass these 100 coffee importers, the fastest growers from 2020 to 2021 were the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Colombia, Uruguay, Armenia and mainland China.
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Imported Consumer Products, Best Global Consumer Markets for Selling Imported Coffee. Accessed on May 29, 2022
International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on May 29, 2022
Investopedia, Net Exports Definition. Accessed on May 29, 2022
