The volume of Brazilian coffee exported to the United States decreased substantially last month, thanks to the entry into force of the tariff.
According to partial data from Cecafé (Board of Coffee Exporters), exports to Americans retreated 55.24% in August compared to the same month last year. Compared to the average of the last five years for August, the fall was 54.88%.
According to Cekafé, the main reason for the decrease is the 50% surcharge on Brazilian products, in force since 6 August. The collection established by President Donald Trump weighs more on the most dependent Brazilian trade balance items on the US market, case of coffee.
Continues after advertising
The United States were the main buyers of Brazilian coffee in the 2024/25 crop, acquiring 7.46 million bags, equivalent to 16.4% of exports in the country. By 2024, Brazilian coffee sales to the US was US $ 1.89 billion.
Cecafé also cited bottlenecks in ports that hindered exports to the US last month, as well as lower coffee availability after record export in 2024.
The entity usually discloses the official partials of each month only in the second half of the subsequent month, because some confirmations of shipments are documented with a date after the shipping. Therefore, the numbers can still have adjustments.
Continues after advertising
According to Cecafé, if the scenario does not change, the tendency is that the fall is even more sudden in September, when traditionally increases the volume of shipments of the newborn crop coffee.
Behind the scenes, exporters are still trying to negotiate coffee entry into the exception list of tariffs. The representatives of Cecafe are part of the National Confederation of Industry (CNI) entourage that went to Whashington) to try a dialogue with American authorities.
Content produced by.
