Overall, the value of imported coffee increased by 41.3% for all importing countries since 2019 when coffee purchases were valued at $31 billion.
Year over year, worldwide coffee imports fell by -10.1% compared to $48.7 billion for 2022.
The top 5 importers of coffee (United States of America, Germany, France, Italy and Canada) bought approaching half (46.4%) of the worldwide total for 2023.
From a continental perspective, customers in Europe bought the highest dollar worth of imported coffee during 2023 with purchases costing $24.4 billion or 55.8% of the global total. In second place were North American importers at 23% while another 15.7% of imported coffee was delivered to buyers in Asia.
Smaller percentages arrived in Latin America (1.92%) excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean, Africa (1.86%), then Oceania (1.6%) led by Australia and New Zealand.
For research purposes, the 4-digit Harmonized Tariff System code prefix for coffee is 0901.
Coffee Imports by Country
Below are the 15 countries that imported the highest dollar value worth of coffee during 2023.
- United States: US$8.2 billion (18.7% of total coffee imports)
- Germany: $4.6 billion (10.4%)
- France: $3.3 billion (7.6%)
- Italy: $2.5 billion (5.7%)
- Canada: $1.74 billion (4%)
- Belgium: $1.62 billion (3.7%)
- Japan: $1.56 billion (3.6%)
- Netherlands: $1.55 billion (3.6%)
- Spain: $1.39 billion (3.2%)
- United Kingdom: $1.33 billion (3%)
- Switzerland: $1.2 billion (2.8%)
- South Korea: $1.1 billion (2.5%)
- Poland: $1 billion (2.3%)
- mainland China: $800.5 million (1.8%)
- Australia: $612.4 million (1.4%)
By value, the listed 15 countries purchased nearly three-quarters (74.3%) of all coffee imports in 2023. Within parenthesis above is the percentage of overall coffee shipments for each importing geography.
Among the above countries, the growth markets for coffee from 2022 to 2023 were: mainland China (up 11.5%), Poland (up 3.7%), France (up 3.4%) and Spain (up 0.2%).
Those countries that posted declines in their imported coffee purchases were led by: Germany (down -20.3% from 2022), Belgium (down -19.6%), United States of America (down -16.2%) and South Korea (down -14.9%).
The listed 15 countries purchased 74.3% of all coffee imports in 2023.
Coffee Imports into the United States by Source Country
America’s global purchases of imported coffee totaled US$8.2 billion in 2023.
Below are the top 15 suppliers from which United States imported the highest dollar value worth of coffee during 2023. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2022 to 2023.
- Brazil: US$1.41 billion (down -34.5% from 2022)
- Colombia: $1.407 billion (down -29%)
- Switzerland: $1.1 billion (up 30.3%)
- Canada: $570.3 million (down -8.1%)
- Honduras: $472.6 million (up 15.7%)
- Guatemala: $465.9 million (down -15.9%)
- Nicaragua: $369.7 million (down -4.1%)
- Mexico: $368.7 million (down -21.7%)
- Vietnam: $365.8 million (up 3.6%)
- Indonesia: $277.8 million (down -16.6%)
- Peru: $268.2 million (down -27%)
- Costa Rica: $194.6 million (down -1.2%)
- Ethiopia: $158.3 million (down -22.9%)
- Italy: $144.5 million (down -1.3%)
- Germany: $131.1 million (down -24.1%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 94.4% of coffee imported by the United States of America in 2023.
Among the above countries, the growth suppliers of coffee to the US from 2022 to 2023 were: Switzerland (up 30.3%), Honduras (up 15.7%) and Vietnam (up 3.6%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their coffee supplied to American importers included: Brazil (down -34.5% from 2022), Colombia (down -29%), Peru (down -27%) and Germany (down -24.1%).
Overall, the value of America’s coffee imports fell by an average -16.2% from all supplying countries since 2022 when coffee purchases were valued at $9.8 billion.
Coffee Imports into Germany by Source Country
Germany’s global purchases of imported coffee totaled US$4.6 billion in 2023.
Below are the top 15 suppliers from which Germany imported the highest dollar value worth of coffee during 2023. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2022 to 2023.
- Brazil: US$1.4 billion (down -28% from 2022)
- Vietnam: $522.9 million (down -9.9%)
- Italy: $376.7 million (down -2.4%)
- Honduras: $353.7 million (down -16.4%)
- Switzerland: $260.9 million (down -1%)
- Colombia: $224.8 million (down -26.1%)
- Uganda: $167.7 million (up 14.8%)
- Peru: $167 million (down -47.8%)
- Ethiopia: $126.4 million (down -54.2%)
- India: $120.4 million (down -15.3%)
- Netherlands: $88.2 million (up 27.6%)
- Poland: $66.7 million (up 8.2%)
- France: $63.9 million (down -16.3%)
- Spain: $60.5 million (up 74.1%)
- Czech Republic: $60.3 million (down -0.9%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 88.6% of coffee imported by Germany in 2023.
Among the above countries, the growth suppliers of coffee to Germany from 2022 to 2023 were: Spain (up 74.1%), Netherlands (up 27.6%), Uganda (up 14.8%) and Poland (up 8.2%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their coffee supplied to German importers included: Ethiopia (down -54.2% from 2022), Peru (down -47.8%), Brazil (down -28%) and Colombia (down -26.1%).
Overall, the value of Germany’s coffee imports slowed by an average -20.3% from all supplying countries since 2022 when coffee purchases were valued at $5.7 billion.
Coffee Imports into France by Source Country
France’s global purchases of imported coffee totaled US$3.3 billion in 2023.
Below are the top 15 suppliers from which France imported the highest dollar value worth of coffee during 2023. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2022 to 2023.
- Switzerland: US$1.2 billion (down -1.8% from 2022)
- Belgium: $343 million (up 10.7%)
- Germany: $273.2 million (up 0.1%)
- Netherlands: $266 million (up 5.8%)
- Brazil: $250.6 million (up 0.7%)
- Italy: $229.3 million (up 11.5%)
- Spain: $114.4 million (up 82.3%)
- Vietnam: $87.1 million (up 21.5%)
- France: $70.69 million (up 20.1%)
- Honduras: $65.15 million (down -19%)
- Ethiopia: $55.2 million (down -4.2%)
- Peru: $48.2 million (down -22.3%)
- United Kingdom: $39.9 million (down -0.3%)
- Poland: $38.4 million (up 33.6%)
- Colombia: $34.6 million (up 2%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 85.8% of coffee imported by France in 2023.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of coffee to France from 2022 to 2023 were: Spain (up 82.3%), Poland (up 33.6%), Vietnam (up 21.5%) and France (up 20.1%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their coffee supplied to French importers included: Peru (down -22.3% from 2022), Honduras (down -19.0%), Ethiopia (down -4.2%) and Switzerland (down -1.8%).
Overall, the value of France’s coffee imports rose by an average 3.4% from all supplying countries since 2022 when coffee purchases were valued at $3.2 billion.
Coffee Imports into Italy by Source Country
Italy’s global purchases of imported coffee totaled US$2.5 billion in 2023.
Below are the top 15 suppliers from which Italy imported the highest dollar value worth of coffee during 2023. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2022 to 2023.
- Brazil: US$786.4 million (down -7.7% from 2022)
- Vietnam: $373.4 million (up 1.5%)
- Uganda: $258.9 million (up 0.2%)
- France: $191.4 million (up 6.5%)
- India: $151.4 million (down -9%)
- Germany: $98.4 million (up 5.4%)
- Honduras: $73.2 million (down -21.4%)
- Colombia: $64.1 million (down -24.9%)
- Tanzania: $60.1 million (up 179.6%)
- Indonesia: $51.7 million (down -9.6%)
- Guatemala: $44.1 million (down -14%)
- Ethiopia: $41.2 million (down -23.1%)
- Belgium: $38.4 million (down -14.2%)
- Nicaragua: $36.5 million (down -8.5%)
- Peru: $35 million (down -38.6%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 93% of coffee imported by Italy in 2023.
Among the above countries, the growth suppliers of coffee to Italy from 2022 to 2023 were: Tanzania (up 179.6%), France (up 6.5%), Germany (up 5.4%) and Vietnam (up 1.5%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their coffee supplied to Italian importers included: Peru (down -38.6% from 2022), Colombia (down -24.9%), Ethiopia (down -23.1%) and Honduras (down -21.4%).
Overall, the value of Italy’s coffee imports slipped by an average -5% from all supplying countries since 2022 when coffee purchases were valued at $2.6 billion.
Searchable List of Coffee Importing Countries in 2023
The top 100 importers of coffee represent 99.7% of the dollar value for all coffee bought from international suppliers in 2023.
| Rank | Importer | Coffee Imports | 2022-3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | United States | $8,201,729,000 | -16.2% |
| 2. | Germany | $4,570,648,000 | -20.3% |
| 3. | France | $3,313,236,000 | +3.4% |
| 4. | Italy | $2,478,692,000 | -5% |
| 5. | Canada | $1,736,161,000 | -9.3% |
| 6. | Belgium | $1,617,274,000 | -19.6% |
| 7. | Japan | $1,564,649,000 | -12.5% |
| 8. | Netherlands | $1,554,623,000 | -6.8% |
| 9. | Spain | $1,392,297,000 | +0.2% |
| 10. | United Kingdom | $1,327,280,000 | -3.3% |
| 11. | Switzerland | $1,245,057,000 | -4.4% |
| 12. | South Korea | $1,111,111,000 | -14.9% |
| 13. | Poland | $1,001,989,000 | +3.7% |
| 14. | mainland China | $800,463,000 | +11.5% |
| 15. | Australia | $612,396,000 | -9.6% |
| 16. | Sweden | $528,027,000 | -20.3% |
| 17. | Austria | $516,016,000 | +6.6% |
| 18. | Türkiye | $465,477,000 | +12.7% |
| 19. | Russia | $464,505,000 | -41.1% |
| 20. | Saudi Arabia | $432,712,000 | -7.3% |
| 21. | Portugal | $413,706,000 | +16.3% |
| 22. | Romania | $384,884,000 | +9.1% |
| 23. | Greece | $375,969,000 | +6.9% |
| 24. | Czech Republic | $373,555,000 | +4.7% |
| 25. | Finland | $314,090,000 | -27.2% |
| 26. | Denmark | $299,552,000 | +0.4% |
| 27. | Malaysia | $294,480,000 | -20.5% |
| 28. | United Arab Emirates | $279,369,000 | +10.1% |
| 29. | Taiwan | $277,518,000 | -0.5% |
| 30. | Colombia | $257,860,000 | -47.3% |
| 31. | Norway | $248,126,000 | -8.4% |
| 32. | Slovakia | $221,984,000 | -15.9% |
| 33. | Ukraine | $218,396,000 | +9.8% |
| 34. | Egypt | $216,430,000 | -1% |
| 35. | Thailand | $215,361,000 | +19.4% |
| 36. | Lithuania | $196,939,000 | -4% |
| 37. | India | $192,442,000 | -5.1% |
| 38. | Bulgaria | $172,309,000 | +1.8% |
| 39. | Israel | $159,826,000 | -15.2% |
| 40. | Jordan | $157,122,000 | +11.2% |
| 41. | Hungary | $156,060,000 | -1.4% |
| 42. | Philippines | $153,033,000 | +15.6% |
| 43. | Argentina | $151,824,000 | -7.4% |
| 44. | Morocco | $147,955,000 | -4.1% |
| 45. | Mexico | $147,429,000 | +65.8% |
| 46. | Ireland | $141,866,000 | +5.1% |
| 47. | Luxembourg | $132,366,000 | -13.2% |
| 48. | Algeria | $127,557,000 | -34.5% |
| 49. | Serbia | $124,890,000 | +3.9% |
| 50. | Indonesia | $116,996,000 | +92.5% |
| 51. | Croatia | $111,910,000 | +7.7% |
| 52. | Slovenia | $109,610,000 | +11.3% |
| 53. | Brazil | $109,452,000 | -4% |
| 54. | Singapore | $106,036,000 | -3.1% |
| 55. | South Africa | $99,804,000 | +0.6% |
| 56. | New Zealand | $99,215,000 | -13.7% |
| 57. | Vietnam | $95,712,000 | -10.5% |
| 58. | Chile | $94,343,000 | +5.3% |
| 59. | Bosnia/Herzegovina | $78,521,000 | +1.5% |
| 60. | Libya | $76,865,000 | +37% |
| 61. | Hong Kong | $74,231,000 | +4.3% |
| 62. | Lebanon | $71,974,000 | +26.7% |
| 63. | Estonia | $69,782,000 | +10.8% |
| 64. | Belarus | $61,812,000 | -12.8% |
| 65. | Dominican Republic | $57,691,000 | +904.7% |
| 66. | Kuwait | $53,820,000 | -31% |
| 67. | Armenia | $50,661,000 | +10.9% |
| 68. | Costa Rica | $44,659,000 | +13.9% |
| 69. | Sudan | $39,430,000 | -69.4% |
| 70. | Albania | $37,200,000 | +1316.1% |
| 71. | Cyprus | $36,769,000 | +8.5% |
| 72. | North Macedonia | $34,868,000 | +14.3% |
| 73. | Tunisia | $34,541,000 | -65% |
| 74. | Georgia | $30,459,000 | +10.8% |
| 75. | Syria | $30,123,000 | -46.2% |
| 76. | Iceland | $29,011,000 | +11.1% |
| 77. | Montenegro | $26,754,000 | +69.2% |
| 78. | Panama | $23,891,000 | -3.6% |
| 79. | Kazakhstan | $23,252,000 | +0.7% |
| 80. | Cuba | $22,575,000 | -21.1% |
| 81. | Qatar | $19,448,000 | -43.3% |
| 82. | Moldova | $15,485,000 | +26% |
| 83. | Uruguay | $13,279,000 | -17.3% |
| 84. | Iran | $12,153,000 | -84.1% |
| 85. | Maldives | $10,811,000 | +2.4% |
| 86. | Oman | $10,441,000 | -66.1% |
| 87. | Macao | $10,191,000 | +57.6% |
| 88. | Malta | $9,840,000 | +27.6% |
| 89. | Namibia | $9,498,000 | +14.4% |
| 90. | Ecuador | $9,220,000 | +23.9% |
| 91. | Iraq | $8,524,000 | -17.3% |
| 92. | Kenya | $8,203,000 | -19.8% |
| 93. | Paraguay | $6,659,000 | +0.5% |
| 94. | Botswana | $6,636,000 | +2.7% |
| 95. | Andorra | $6,479,000 | +12.6% |
| 96. | Cambodia | $6,437,000 | +10% |
| 97. | Peru | $6,203,000 | +27% |
| 98. | Mauritius | $5,901,000 | -5.1% |
| 99. | Senegal | $5,738,000 | +73.4% |
| 100. | Nigeria | $5,227,000 | +118.8% |
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Enlarging the scope to encompass these 100 coffee importers, the fastest-growing buyers from 2022 to 2023 were Albania (up 1,316%), Dominican Republic (up 904.7%), Nigeria (up 118.8%), Indonesia (up 92.5%), Senegal (up 73.4%), Montenegro (up 69.2%) then Mexico (up 65.8%).
See also Coffee Exports by Country, Tea Exports by Country and Top Soft Drinks Exporters by Country
Research Sources:
Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook Field Listing: Imports – Commodities. Accessed on July 5, 2024
Imported Consumer Products, Best Global Consumer Markets for Selling Imported Coffee. Accessed on July 5, 2024
International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on July 5, 2024
Investopedia, Net Exports Definition. Accessed on July 5, 2024
