17/01/2025
Brazil’s 2025 coffee crop was estimated on Tuesday at 53.2 million 60-kg bags, down 6.8% on the volume produced in 2024, according to a survey by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE).
For Arabica coffee, production is forecast at 35.6 million 60-kg bags, down 11.2% on the volume produced in 2024.
“The planted area fell by 5.4%, while the area to be harvested fell by 5.5% and the yield fell by 6.1%,” said the IBGE.
Market agents have cited that the dry weather throughout 2024 has hampered the setting of flowers and fruit for the 2025 harvest. In addition, some areas were pruned.
For Robusta coffee, the crop is estimated at 17.6 million 60-kg bags, an increase of 3.4% on the volume produced in 2024.
The figures released by government agencies are usually lower than those projected by the market and private consultancie A preliminary forecast by Safras & Mercado estimates Brazil’s coffee crop production at 62.45 million bags, down 5% on the previous season, but more than 9 million bags higher than IBGE’s projection. 🇧🇷
