Ethiopian Coffee Export News

Jun 30, 2026

Arabica futures jumped 6.71% after extreme rainfall in Brazil's Minas Gerais halted harvesting, with ICE inventories at a 2.25-year low of 377,465 bags - a price swing with direct implications for Ethiopian coffee exporters and buyers.

Jun 27, 2026

Stakeholders convened at the Ministry of Agriculture to discuss a new five-year national coffee development package aiming to raise productivity from 900 kg to 2,100 kg per hectare and double annual coffee export earnings from $3 billion to $6 billio...

Jun 23, 2026

With US tariffs of 10-46% hitting coffee exporters, Ethiopia is turning toward continental consumption under AfCFTA. Africa produces 13% of global coffee supply, and nations including South Africa, Nigeria, and Uganda are actively promoting local cof...

Jun 12, 2026

The USDA Coffee Annual forecasts Ethiopian production rising 4.7% to 12.1 million bags in 2026/27, with 100,000 hectares allocated for private commercial coffee farms, 110 investors granted land, and a national stumping campaign rejuvenating aging tr...

May 22, 2026

USDA forecasts put Ethiopia's 2026/27 coffee production at 12.1 million 60-kg bags, ahead of Indonesia's 11.38 million, marking four consecutive years of production growth and a near-tripling of output over two decades.