Import value of coffee more than doubled in a decade

In 2025, the EU imported 2.9 million tonnes of coffee from non-EU countries. The amount increased slightly compared with a decade ago, in 2015 (2.7 million tonnes), but the value increased significantly from €8.6 billion to €18.7 billion last year.

Most of the coffee imported in 2025 came from 2 countries: Brazil (1,005,200 tonnes, or 34% of the total extra-EU imports) and Vietnam (587,500 tonnes, 20%). These were followed by Uganda (262,400 tonnes, 9%), Colombia (162,900 tonnes, 6%) and Honduras (136,500 tonnes, 5%).

Around a third of these imports were made by Germany (1,010,500 tonnes imported, or 34% of the total extra-EU imports), followed by Italy (608,000 tonnes, 21%), Spain (281,600 tonnes, 10%), Belgium (269,200 tonnes, 9%) and the Netherlands (216,600 tonnes, 7%).

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Source dataset: ds-045409

Germany and Italy top coffee producers

In 2025, over 2.2 million tonnes of coffee, decaffeinated or roasted (including coffee substitutes), were produced in the EU. The amount increased by 12% compared with 2015 (2.0 million tonnes). The EU’s coffee production in 2025 was worth almost €19 billion.

Among the reporting EU countries, Germany produced the most coffee last year (561,200 tonnes, or 25% of the total EU production), followed by Italy (514,200, 23%), ahead of Spain (211.900, 10%), France (146,800, 7%), Poland (134,800, 6%), Sweden (79,400, 4%) and Finland (39,000, 2%). 

These 7 countries produced 77% of the total EU production of coffee.

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Source dataset: ds-059367

This news article marks International Coffee Day, celebrated each year on the first day of October.

For more information

• Thematic section on international trade in goods
• Database of statistics on international trade in goods
• Thematic section on the production of manufactured goods (Prodcom)
• Database of statistics on the production of manufactured goods (Prodcom)

Methodological notes

• The data on trade use the CN codes:
  • 090111 – Coffee, not roasted, not decaffeinated
  • 090112 – Coffee, not roasted, decaffeinated
  • 090121 – Roasted coffee, not decaffeinated
  • 090122 – Roasted, decaffeinated coffee
  • 090190 – Other
• The data on production use the Prodcom codes:
  • 10831130 – Decaffeinated coffee, not roasted
  • 10831150 – Roasted coffee, not decaffeinated    
  • 10831170 – Roasted decaffeinated coffee    
  • 10831210 – Coffee substitutes containing coffee
• Luxembourg, Malta and Cyprus are exempt from providing data on production due to their economic sizes.