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Where does the United States get its coffee? Import sources 2024

In 2024, the United States imported $8.8 billion of coffee (1.5 million tonnes), 17.8% of the world total. Its main sources were Brazil (22%), Colombia (16%) and Switzerland (14%). The United States was the world’s largest importer of coffee.

Summary

Value
$8.8billion
Tonnes
1.5million tonnes
Share of world total
17.8%
World rank
1st
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Brazil2Tonnes: 453,965USD per tonne: $4,30622.3%Sea
Colombia1.4Tonnes: 266,811USD per tonne: $5,33816.3%Sea
Switzerland1.2Tonnes: 21,234USD per tonne: $55,80813.5%Air
Canada0.59Tonnes: 71,673USD per tonne: $8,2576.8%Land
Honduras0.43Tonnes: 92,497USD per tonne: $4,6544.9%Sea
Guatemala0.42Tonnes: 79,289USD per tonne: $5,2404.7%Sea
Vietnam0.36Tonnes: 96,848USD per tonne: $3,7584.2%Sea
Mexico0.35Tonnes: 61,957USD per tonne: $5,5954%Land
Peru0.34Tonnes: 65,957USD per tonne: $5,0983.8%Sea
Indonesia0.3Tonnes: 41,255USD per tonne: $7,2663.4%Sea
Nicaragua0.23Tonnes: 52,582USD per tonne: $4,4532.7%Sea
Germany0.17Tonnes: 44,938USD per tonne: $3,7851.9%Sea
Ethiopia0.17Tonnes: 24,338USD per tonne: $6,9591.9%Sea
Italy0.16Tonnes: 14,505USD per tonne: $11,2231.9%Sea
Costa Rica0.14Tonnes: 25,103USD per tonne: $5,7501.7%Sea
Uganda0.09Tonnes: 19,068USD per tonne: $4,9381.1%Sea
El Salvador0.06Tonnes: 12,403USD per tonne: $4,8500.69%Sea
Papua New Guinea0.06Tonnes: 11,303USD per tonne: $5,1650.67%Sea
Kenya0.05Tonnes: 9,798USD per tonne: $5,5210.62%Sea
Dominican Republic0.04Tonnes: 5,467USD per tonne: $7,1780.45%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Brazil has been its main source since 2022

Value in USD billions. The five largest sources in 2024.

  • Brazil 2
  • Colombia 1.4
  • Switzerland 1.2
  • Canada 0.59
  • Honduras 0.43

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Brazil0.382
Colombia0.411.4
Switzerland0.011.2
Canada0.030.59
Honduras0.060.43

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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