Overall, the value of imported coffee increased by 60.8% for all importing countries since 2020 when coffee purchases were valued at $31.6 billion.
Year over year, worldwide coffee imports accelerated by 13.1% compared to $44.9 billion for 2023.
The top 5 importers of coffee (United States of America, Germany, France, Italy and Canada) bought approaching half (46.3%) of the worldwide total for 2024.
From a continental perspective, customers in Europe bought the highest dollar worth of imported coffee during 2024 with purchases costing $28.8 billion or 56.7% of the global total. In second place were importers located in North America at 22.3% while another 16.3% of imported coffee was delivered to buyers in Asia.
Smaller percentages arrived in Africa (1.8%), Oceania (1.5%) led by Australia and New Zealand, then Latin America (1.3%) 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 2024.
- United States: US$9 billion (17.7% of total coffee imports)
- Germany: $6.1 billion (12%)
- France: $3.4 billion (6.7%)
- Italy: $3.1 billion (6.1%)
- Canada: $1.9 billion (3.7%)
- Belgium: $1.8 billion (3.5%)
- Spain: $1.79 billion (3.5%)
- Japan: $1.72 billion (3.4%)
- Netherlands: $1.6 billion (3.1%)
- Switzerland: $1.41 billion (2.8%)
- United Kingdom: $1.41 billion (2.8%)
- South Korea: $1.24 billion (2.4%)
- Poland: $1.24 billion (2.4%)
- mainland China: $972.7 million (1.9%)
- Russia: $673.8 million (1.3%)
By value, the listed 15 countries purchased nearly three-quarters (73.5%) of all coffee imports in 2024. Within parenthesis above is the percentage of overall coffee shipments for each importing geography.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing markets for coffee from 2023 to 2024 were: Germany (up 32.3%), Spain (up 28.7%), Italy (up 25.2%) and Poland (up 23.3%).
Russia was the lone buyer country to record a decline in its imported coffee purchases via a -1.2% slowdown.
Searchable List of Coffee Importing Countries in 2024
The top 100 importers of coffee represent 99.7% of the dollar value for all coffee bought from international suppliers in 2024.
| Rank | Importer | Coffee Imports | 2023-4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | United States | $8,991,204,000 | +9.6% |
| 2. | Germany | $6,088,019,000 | +32.3% |
| 3. | France | $3,417,041,000 | +3.2% |
| 4. | Italy | $3,104,374,000 | +25.2% |
| 5. | Canada | $1,881,513,000 | +8.4% |
| 6. | Belgium | $1,800,510,000 | +11.3% |
| 7. | Spain | $1,791,555,000 | +28.7% |
| 8. | Japan | $1,715,628,000 | +9.6% |
| 9. | Netherlands | $1,558,739,000 | +0.3% |
| 10. | Switzerland | $1,411,463,000 | +13.4% |
| 11. | United Kingdom | $1,407,774,000 | +6.1% |
| 12. | South Korea | $1,243,055,000 | +11.9% |
| 13. | Poland | $1,237,634,000 | +23.3% |
| 14. | mainland China | $972,674,000 | +21.5% |
| 15. | Russia | $673,792,000 | -1.2% |
| 16. | Australia | $655,017,000 | +7% |
| 17. | Saudi Arabia | $605,241,000 | +23.4% |
| 18. | Sweden | $599,607,000 | +13.5% |
| 19. | Austria | $531,696,000 | +2.7% |
| 20. | Türkiye | $497,091,000 | +6.8% |
| 21. | Portugal | $466,683,000 | +12.8% |
| 22. | Romania | $461,023,000 | +19.8% |
| 23. | Malaysia | $452,821,000 | +53.8% |
| 24. | Greece | $427,277,000 | +13.6% |
| 25. | Mexico | $421,067,000 | +185.6% |
| 26. | Czech Republic | $376,907,000 | +0.9% |
| 27. | Finland | $365,905,000 | +16.2% |
| 28. | Denmark | $318,142,000 | +6.2% |
| 29. | United Arab Emirates | $297,874,000 | -1% |
| 30. | Taiwan | $285,718,000 | +3% |
| 31. | Ukraine | $278,703,000 | +27.6% |
| 32. | Thailand | $273,325,000 | +26.9% |
| 33. | Vietnam | $261,603,000 | +87.6% |
| 34. | Norway | $242,300,000 | -2.3% |
| 35. | Egypt | $237,105,000 | +9.6% |
| 36. | India | $236,354,000 | +22.8% |
| 37. | Bulgaria | $235,759,000 | +36.8% |
| 38. | Philippines | $233,408,000 | +52.5% |
| 39. | Lithuania | $230,449,000 | +17% |
| 40. | Slovakia | $223,498,000 | +0.4% |
| 41. | Hungary | $216,759,000 | +38.9% |
| 42. | Israel | $194,249,000 | +21.5% |
| 43. | Indonesia | $186,733,000 | +59.6% |
| 44. | Algeria | $185,665,000 | -40.5% |
| 45. | Slovenia | $160,145,000 | +11.1% |
| 46. | Argentina | $159,777,000 | +5.2% |
| 47. | Serbia | $145,602,000 | +16.6% |
| 48. | Ireland | $140,204,000 | -1.2% |
| 49. | Jordan | $134,723,000 | -21.5% |
| 50. | Luxembourg | $132,335,000 | -4.2% |
| 51. | Singapore | $130,538,000 | +23.1% |
| 52. | Croatia | $129,538,000 | +15.3% |
| 53. | South Africa | $122,205,000 | +22.4% |
| 54. | Colombia | $115,613,000 | -55.2% |
| 55. | Belarus | $113,837,000 | +84.1% |
| 56. | Libya | $112,479,000 | +44.8% |
| 57. | Morocco | $112,207,000 | -24.2% |
| 58. | Chile | $111,256,000 | +17.9% |
| 59. | Lebanon | $109,149,000 | +38.8% |
| 60. | New Zealand | $101,863,000 | +2.7% |
| 61. | Bosnia/Herzegovina | $98,168,000 | +25% |
| 62. | Latvia | $91,628,000 | +5.6% |
| 63. | Brazil | $83,452,000 | -23.8% |
| 64. | Estonia | $80,272,000 | +15% |
| 65. | Hong Kong | $78,135,000 | +5.3% |
| 66. | Kuwait | $67,560,000 | -19.3% |
| 67. | Tunisia | $66,740,000 | +93.2% |
| 68. | Armenia | $60,571,000 | +19.6% |
| 69. | Syria | $52,891,000 | +10.8% |
| 70. | Albania | $49,137,000 | +11.9% |
| 71. | Cyprus | $43,891,000 | +12.8% |
| 72. | North Macedonia | $40,772,000 | +16.9% |
| 73. | Georgia | $38,364,000 | +26% |
| 74. | Dominican Republic | $38,057,000 | -34% |
| 75. | Kazakhstan | $28,357,000 | +22% |
| 76. | Iceland | $27,457,000 | -5.4% |
| 77. | Costa Rica | $25,277,000 | -43.4% |
| 78. | Qatar | $24,602,000 | -22.2% |
| 79. | Panama | $24,371,000 | +2% |
| 80. | Cuba | $22,825,000 | +1.1% |
| 81. | Montenegro | $20,606,000 | +16.8% |
| 82. | Ecuador | $20,556,000 | +123% |
| 83. | Moldova | $19,511,000 | +26% |
| 84. | Uruguay | $16,823,000 | +26.7% |
| 85. | Iran | $15,028,000 | -88.3% |
| 86. | Oman | $12,225,000 | -60.8% |
| 87. | Iraq | $11,459,000 | -22.4% |
| 88. | Malta | $10,443,000 | +6.1% |
| 89. | Uzbekistan | $10,183,000 | +90.8% |
| 90. | Cambodia | $8,812,000 | +36.9% |
| 91. | Burundi | $8,323,000 | +416050% |
| 92. | Paraguay | $8,016,000 | +20.4% |
| 93. | Macao | $7,958,000 | -21.9% |
| 94. | Bahrain | $7,885,000 | -37.6% |
| 95. | Kenya | $7,573,000 | -7.7% |
| 96. | Namibia | $7,362,000 | -23.7% |
| 97. | Botswana | $7,007,000 | +5.6% |
| 98. | Andorra | $6,688,000 | +3.2% |
| 99. | Peru | $6,292,000 | +1.4% |
| 100. | Maldives | $6,235,000 | -41.3% |
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Enlarging the scope to encompass these 100 coffee importers, the fastest-growing buyers from 2023 to 2024 were Burundi (up 416,050%), Mexico (up 185.6%), Ecuador (up 123%), Tunisia (up 93.2%), Uzbekistan (up 90.8%) then Vietnam (up 87.6%).
Coffee Imports into the United States by Source Country
America’s global purchases of imported coffee totaled US$9 billion in 2024.
Below are the top 15 suppliers from which United States imported the highest dollar value worth of coffee during 2024. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2023 to 2024.
- Brazil: US$2 billion (up 42.5% from 2023)
- Colombia: $1.5 billion (up 7.2%)
- Switzerland: $1.2 billion (up 4.4%)
- Canada: $584.6 million (up 2.5%)
- Guatemala: $444.5 million (down -4.6%)
- Honduras: $430.3 million (down -9%)
- Peru: $374.3 million (up 39.5%)
- Vietnam: $364 million (down -0.5%)
- Mexico: $348.6 million (down -5.5%)
- Indonesia: $299.2 million (up 7.7%)
- Nicaragua: $246.9 million (down -33.2%)
- Germany: $171.7 million (up 30.9%)
- Ethiopia: $169.4 million (up 7%)
- Italy: $165.6 million (up 14.6%)
- Costa Rica: $150 million (down -22.9%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 94.1% of coffee imported by the United States of America in 2024.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of coffee to America from 2023 to 2024 were: Brazil (up 42.5%), Peru (up 39.5%), Germany (up 30.9%) and Italy (up 14.6%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their coffee supplied to American importers included: Nicaragua (down -33.2%), Costa Rica (down -22.9%), Honduras (down -9%) and Mexico (down -5.5%).
Overall, the value of America’s coffee imports rose by an average 9.6% from all supplying countries since 2023 when coffee purchases were valued at $8.2 billion.
Coffee Imports into Germany by Source Country
Germany’s global purchases of imported coffee totaled US$6.1 billion in 2024.
Below are the top 15 suppliers from which Germany imported the highest dollar value worth of coffee during 2024. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2023 to 2024.
- Brazil: US$2.3 billion (up 64.8% from 2023)
- Vietnam: $744.7 million (up 42.5%)
- Italy: $372.5 million (down -6.3%)
- Honduras: $320.9 million (down -9.3%)
- Colombia: $281.4 million (up 25.2%)
- Peru: $257.1 million (up 54.4%)
- Uganda: $226.8 million (up 35%)
- Switzerland: $221.1 million (down -15.2%)
- Ethiopia: $213.7 million (up 69%)
- India: $195.9 million (up 62.7%)
- Indonesia: $92 million (up 81.7%)
- Netherlands: $78.6 million (down -14.3%)
- Poland: $76.3 million (up 13.9%)
- Papua New Guinea: $72.5 million (up 34.4%)
- Spain: $65.2 million (up 5.2%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 90.5% of coffee imported by Germany in 2024.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of coffee to Germany from 2023 to 2024 were: Indonesia (up 81.7%), Ethiopia (up 69%), Brazil (up 64.8%) and India (up 62.7%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their coffee supplied to German importers included: Switzerland (down -15.2%), Netherlands (down -14.3%), Honduras (down -9.3%) and Italy (down -6.3%).
Overall, the value of Germany’s coffee imports grew by an average 32.3% from all supplying countries since 2023 when coffee purchases were valued at $4.6 billion.
Coffee Imports into France by Source Country
France’s global purchases of imported coffee totaled US$3.4 billion in 2024.
Below are the top 15 suppliers from which France imported the highest dollar value worth of coffee during 2024. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2023 to 2024.
- Switzerland: US$1.2 billion (up 2.4% from 2023)
- Belgium: $394.2 million (up 14.9%)
- Brazil: $299 million (up 19.3%)
- Germany: $282.1 million (up 3.2%)
- Netherlands: $265.9 million (down -0.1%)
- Italy: $216.3 million (down -4.1%)
- Spain: $95.2 million (down -16.8%)
- Vietnam: $91.1 million (up 4.6%)
- Honduras: $63.66 million (down -2.3%)
- Ethiopia: $58.5 million (up 6%)
- Poland: $46.2 million (up 20.4%)
- Peru: $46.2 million (down -4.2%)
- France: $37.5 million (down -47%)
- Colombia: $30.8 million (down -10.9%)
- United Kingdom: $30.8 million (down -22.8%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 90.2% of coffee imported by France in 2024.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of coffee to France from 2023 to 2024 were: Poland (up 20.4%), Brazil (up 19.3%), Belgium (up 14.9%) and Ethiopia (up 6%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their coffee supplied to French importers included: France (down -47%), United Kingdom (down -22.8%), Spain (down -16.8%) and Colombia (down -10.9%).
Overall, the value of France’s coffee imports went up by an average 3.2% from all supplying countries since 2023 when coffee purchases were valued at $3.3 billion.
Coffee Imports into Italy by Source Country
Italy’s global purchases of imported coffee totaled US$3.1 billion in 2024.
Below are the top 15 suppliers from which Italy imported the highest dollar value worth of coffee during 2024. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2023 to 2024.
- Brazil: US$1 billion (up 27.8% from 2023)
- Vietnam: $490.9 million (up 31.4%)
- Uganda: $375.7 million (up 45.1%)
- India: $268.7 million (up 77.5%)
- France: $215.1 million (up 12.3%)
- Germany: $118 million (up 19.9%)
- Honduras: $79 million (up 8%)
- Colombia: $59.6 million (down -7%)
- Tanzania: $57.3 million (down -4.7%)
- Guatemala: $53.8 million (up 22.1%)
- Ethiopia: $48.9 million (up 18.7%)
- Peru: $41.7 million (up 19.3%)
- Belgium: $36.5 million (down -5%)
- Indonesia: $30.4 million (down -41.2%)
- Spain: $29.9 million (up 19.1%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 93.8% of coffee imported by Italy in 2024.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of coffee to Italy from 2023 to 2024 were: India (up 77.5%), Uganda (up 45.1%), Vietnam (up 31.4%) and Brazil (up 27.8%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their coffee supplied to Italian importers included: Indonesia (down -41.2%), Colombia (down -7%), Belgium (down -5%) and Tanzania (down -4.7%).
Overall, the value of Italy’s coffee imports accelerated by an average 25.2% from all supplying countries since 2023 when coffee purchases were valued at $2.5 billion.
See also Coffee Exports by Country, Tea Exports by Country and Top Soft Drinks Exporters by Country
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Imported Consumer Products, Best Global Consumer Markets for Selling Imported Coffee. Accessed on May 18, 2025
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