India’s Coffee Exports Witnessed Rise In 2022, Says Coffee Board

Indian Coffee is surely finding love across the globe. According to the Coffee Board, coffee shipments from India, which is Asia's third-largest producer and exporter, rose 1.66 per cent to 4 lakh tonne in 2022 on rise in instant coffee exports and re-exports.

Exports stood at 3.93 lakh tonne in 2021. In value terms, coffee export was higher at Rs 8,762.47 crore in 2022 as against Rs 6,984.67 crore in the previous year. It may be noted here that India ships both Robusta and Arabica varieties, besides instant coffee. 

Experts in the industry feel that the increase in export can be contributed to poor coffee crop in Brazil and Vietnam, two of the biggest coffee producing countries, in 2022. 

According to the Board's latest data shared recently, shipment of Robusta coffee declined marginally to 2,20,974 tonne in 2022 from 2,20,997 tonne in the previous year. Similarly, export of Arabica fell 11.43 per cent to 44,542 tonne from 50,292 tonne. 

However, the export of instant coffee increased 16.73 per cent, from 29,819 tonne in 2021 to 35,810 tonne in 2022 from. The data also shows that about 99,513 tonne of coffee was re-exported in 2022, which is higher than 92,235 tonne in 2021. 

The unit per value realisation remained higher at Rs 2,18,923 per tonne as against Rs 1,77,406 per tonne in the period. 

It is noteworthy that Italy, Germany and Russia are the major export destinations for the Indian coffee. Some of the major exporting companies from India are CCL Products India, Tata Coffee, ITC Ltd, Olam Agro, Vidya Herbs, and Sucden Coffee India.