The report by Cecafé (Coffee Exporters Council) indicated Brazilian coffee shipments at 3.73 mln bags in August, practically in line with the same period last year, when they totaled 3.71 mln bags. The highlight was once again robusta, which totaled 925 thousand bags of shipments, an increase of 31% compared to August last year.
In the accumulated total of the first two months of the 24/25 business season (July/August), coffee shipments from Brazil totaled 7.52 mln bags, 12% above the volume shipped in the first two months of the previous season. The volume confirms the expectation of a faster flow at the beginning of the season, driven mainly by the performance of robusta, which has accumulated exports of 1.83 mln bags in the period, a volume 53% higher than the first two months of the last season. Arabica shipments totaled 4.90 mln bags, up only 2.5%, while soluble coffee exports reached 689 thousand bags, 7% higher than in the same period of the 23/24 season.
The Brazilian performance only reinforces the good external flow indicated by the report from ICO (International Coffee Organization), which indicated shipments at 115.01 mln bags in the first 10 months of the 23/24 business season (Oct/Jul), up more than 10% from the 104.05 mln bags shipped in the same period of the previous cycle. It is also worth noting that the performance of South America offset the decline in the flow from Asia.