Brazil, the world’s top coffee producer and exporter, shipped 2.97 million bags of arabica beans abroad last month, down around 10% year-on-year, while exports of the robusta variety tumbled some 47% to near 489,700 bags, the data showed.

Cecafe head Marcio Ferreira said in a statement that a decline was already expected given the rough yearly comparison, as Brazil exported a record coffee volume in 2024.

“The decline was exacerbated by the 50% tariff imposed by US President Donald Trump on Brazilian coffee,” Ferreira added, noting the US was traditionally the main importer of Brazilian coffee.

The US however, which had already lost the lead to Germany in August, when the 50% tariffs imposed by Trump on the imports of most Brazilian goods took effect, was also outpaced by Italy in September, Cecafe data showed.

Brazil’s coffee exports to the US fell almost 53% from a year earlier in September, to around 333,000 bags, according to Cecafe data, including green and industrialised coffee.

Despite that, in the year through September, the US still holds the position as the main buyer of the Brazilian coffee.