10+ hour ago  (640+ words) Key Points " Brazil exported 2.29 million 60-kg bags of green coffee in February, a 26.9% decline year-on-year, with arabica shipments falling 28.9% while robusta held relatively steady at just a 2% drop, according to Cecaf. " The decline reflects a sharp selloff on the New…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago  (682+ words) Key Points " Colombia produced 869,000 bags of coffee in February, down 36% year on year, extending a weak start to 2026 after January's 34% decline " Rolling 12-month output has fallen to 12.72 million bags, 14% below the prior period, while coffee-year exports through February dropped 14% to…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (466+ words) Key Points " The U.S. Trade Representative confirmed it will continue Section 301 investigations into Brazil and China, warning that tariffs remain a tool if unfair practices are found " The statement came hours after the Supreme Court struck down Trump's sweeping IEEPA tariffs…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (249+ words) Brazil was one of the countries hardest hit by Trump's tariff regime, with duties reaching 50 percent at the peak of bilateral tensions. Now it stands to benefit the most from its collapse. After the Supreme Court struck down Trump's reciprocal…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (316+ words) Brazil shipped 40.04 million 60-kilo bags of coffee in 2025, a 20.8% fall from 2024. Revenue rose 24.1% to $15.586 billion, the highest since Cecaf" began tracking in 1990. Exports went to 121 countries. Average revenue implied by the totals was about $389 per bag in 2025. A year earlier,…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (381+ words) Brazil's factories are signalling an economy that is slowing, not collapsing. In October, industrial production was virtually flat, rising just 0.1% from September and falling 0.5% versus a year earlier. After growing 3.1% last year, most banks now expect industry to expand by…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (360+ words) At a glossy coffee fair in Caracas, President Nicol's Maduro raised a cup and declared a miracle. He claimed Venezuela harvested 4.7 million quintales of coffee in 2025 " more than 216 million kilograms " a 55 percent jump in a single year, involving 60,000 farming families…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (350+ words) President Donald Trump has abruptly reversed one of his most aggressive trade moves against Brazil, canceling the extra 40% tariff that has weighed on a wide range of Brazilian exports since mid-2025. The new decree, signed on 20 November, lifts the surcharge on…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (364+ words) The United States has just softened its food tariffs, and on paper Brazil looks like a winner. In reality, it is still paying a special price for a political fight it did not start " and that matters for anyone who…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (529+ words) Colombia is in the middle of a remarkable economic makeover. For years, the country's wealth flowed from black gold'oil and coal'but 2025 is rewriting the rules. The old engines are stalling, and a new trio is taking over: coffee, palm oil,…...