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In 2023, the EU imported 2.7 million tonnes of coffee from non-EU countries, worth €10.6 billion. The amount remained almost stable compared with 2013 (also 2.7 million tonnes), but the value increased significantly from 7.3 billion in 2013 to 10.6 billion in 2023.

Most of the coffee imported in 2023 came from 2 countries: Brazil (921 900 tonnes, or 34% of the total extra-EU imports) and Vietnam (652 000 tonnes, or 24%). These were followed by Uganda (206 500 tonnes, 8%), Honduras (168 800 tonnes, 6%), India (118 100 tonnes, 4%), Colombia (112 700 tonnes, 4%), Peru (83 000 tonnes, 3%) and Indonesia (68 300 tonnes, 2%).

Around a third of these imports were made by Germany (911 300 tonnes imported, or 33% of the total extra-EU imports), followed by Italy (624 600 tonnes, 23%), Belgium (278 200 tonnes, 10%), Spain (249 500 tonnes, 9%) and France (184 000 tonnes, 7%).

EU coffee imports, 2023. Infographic. See link to full dataset below.

Source dataset: DS-045409

Italy and Germany: top coffee producers

In 2023, over 2.3 million tonnes of coffee, decaffeinated or roasted (including coffee substitutes) were produced in the EU. The amount has increased by 15% compared with 2013 (1.9 million tonnes), equivalent to around 5 kilograms per inhabitant in 2023. The EU’s coffee production was worth almost €13 billion.

Among the reporting EU countries, Italy produced the most roasted coffee in 2023 (556 500 tonnes, or 25% of the total EU production), followed by Germany (507 700, 22%), which was ahead of France (139 300, 6%), the Netherlands (124 600, 6%), Portugal (49 400, 2%), Belgium (49 300, 2%) and Finland (42 400, 2%). 

In 2023, these 7 EU countries produced 59% of the total EU production of roasted coffee.

EU production of coffee, decaffeinated or roasted, incl. coffee substitutes, % of total production; tonnes, 2023. Infographic. See link to full dataset below.

Source dataset: DS-056120

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Methodological notes

  • The data on trade uses the CN codes:
    • 090111 - Coffee, not roasted, not decaffeinated
    • 090112 - Coffee, not roasted, decaffeinated
    • 090121 - Roasted coffee, not decaffeinated
    • 090122 - Roasted, decaffeinated coffee
    • 090190 - Other
  • The data on production uses the Prodcom codes:
    • 10831130 - Decaffeinated coffee, not roasted
    • 10831150 - Roasted coffee, not decaffeinated    
    • 10831170 - Roasted decaffeinated coffee    
    • 10831210 - Coffee substitutes containing coffee
  • Slovakia: data on roasted coffee production are confidential and have been suppressed. 
  • Hungary, Slovenia: data on non-decaffeinated roasted coffee production are confidential and have been suppressed.
  • Luxembourg, Malta and Cyprus: exempt from providing data on production due to their economic sizes.
  • Dutch imports are over-estimated because of the so-called ‘Rotterdam effect’ (or quasi-transit trade): imports from countries outside the EU that arrive in Dutch ports include imports that are re-exported to other EU countries. Similar considerations apply to other ports in the EU.

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