BOGOTA (Reuters) -Colombia closed its best coffee year in more than three decades, boosted by favorable weather conditions and the impact of crop renewal, although production is expected to decline in the upcoming cycle, the National Federation of Coffee Growers said on Tuesday. Coffee production in the world’s third-largest producer after Brazil and Vietnam, rose […]
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Colombia has best coffee harvest in decades, warns of lower 2025/26 crop
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BOGOTA (Reuters) -Colombia closed its best coffee year in more than three decades, boosted by favorable weather conditions and the impact of crop renewal, although production is expected to decline in the upcoming cycle, the National Federation of Coffee Growers said on Tuesday.
Coffee production in the world’s third-largest producer after Brazil and Vietnam, rose 17% year-on-year to 14.87 million 60-kg bags between October 2024 and September 2025, exceeding the country’s estimated annual output of 14 million bags.
“We are now beginning the 2025/2026 coffee cycle, which, due to the natural physiological response of the coffee tree and significant rainfall in the first half of the year, is projected to be a year of lower production,” federation manager German Bahamon said on X.
Colombia has about 840,000 hectares under coffee cultivation, with approximately 540,000 families relying on the crop for their livelihoods.
Output of washed arabica coffee rose 7% year-on-year in September to 1.14 million bags, the Federation said, though that figure was down from the 1.24 million bags produced in August.
Coffee exports rose 6% in September to 1.06 million bags.
Colombia’s statistics agency DANE reported on Monday that the value of coffee exports jumped 79.7% year-on-year between January and August to $3.67 billion, driven by high international coffee prices.
The following table shows Colombia’s monthly coffee output and exports (in thousands of bags), starting with last month:
Output Exports
2025
September 1,142 1,063
August 1,243 1,128
July 1,373 1,150
June 909 1,086
May 819 910
April 703 796
March 1,064 1,268
February 1,361 1,187
January 1,356 1,151
2024
December 1,798 1,282
November 1,761 1,189
October 1,339 1,047
September 1,071 987
(Reporting by Nelson Bocanegra; Editing by Alistair Bell)