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Coffee Imports Double In Value To €18.7 Billion Across The EU

Þorsteinn Sigurðarson
Legislative Tracker, Statistics (Eurostat)

Antwerp: Coffee imports into the European Union reached €18.7 billion in 2025, more than double the €8.6 billion recorded in 2015, according to Eurostat figures reported on 1 October 2026. The surge in value hides a much smaller change in quantity, because coffee imports from outside the Union rose only from 2.7 million tonnes to 2.9 million tonnes over the decade.

The gap between a 117 percent rise in value and a rise of about 7 percent in volume points to a sharp jump in the average price per tonne. Simple division of the published totals gives roughly €3,200 per tonne in 2015 and roughly €6,400 per tonne in 2025. Eurostat’s release does not explain the cause, so the figure shows the size of the shift and not its drivers.

Five countries supply three quarters of the coffee. Brazil sent 1,005,200 tonnes, or 34 percent of extra-EU coffee imports, ahead of Vietnam with 587,500 tonnes (20 percent), Uganda with 262,400 tonnes (9 percent), Colombia with 162,900 tonnes (6 percent) and Honduras with 136,500 tonnes (5 percent). Together they cover 74 percent of the volume, which leaves European roasters exposed to weather and policy shocks in a handful of origins.

Inside the Union, a few member states handle most of the flow. Germany took in 1,010,500 tonnes, or 34 percent of the total, followed by Italy with 608,000 tonnes (21 percent), Spain with 281,600 tonnes (10 percent), Belgium with 269,200 tonnes (9 percent) and the Netherlands with 216,600 tonnes (7 percent). Those five countries account for 81 percent of coffee imports, and Belgian ports such as Antwerp play a part in that flow.

Processing adds a second layer. The Union produced more than 2.2 million tonnes of roasted or decaffeinated coffee, including substitutes, in 2025, up 12 percent from 2 million tonnes in 2015, and the value reached almost €19 billion. Germany made 561,200 tonnes (25 percent), Italy 514,200 tonnes (23 percent), Spain 211,900 tonnes (10 percent), France 146,800 tonnes (7 percent), Poland 134,800 tonnes (6 percent), Sweden 79,400 tonnes (4 percent) and Finland 39,000 tonnes (2 percent). These seven countries make 77 percent of EU coffee output, and Eurostat counts only member states that reported data.

The numbers matter beyond the café counter. Coffee is one of the food products where European demand meets a concentrated set of tropical suppliers, so changes in price, harvests or trade rules travel quickly to shop shelves. The Union’s deforestation rules and its trade ties with producing regions also touch the sector, although the Eurostat release does not discuss them.

What to watch next is whether the value of coffee imports keeps climbing while volumes stay flat. A further rise would point to lasting price pressure for roasters and consumers, and a fall would show that the 2025 peak reflected a temporary spike. For now the Eurostat data show that Europe pays about twice as much for coffee imports as it did ten years ago, for only slightly more volume.

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