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Brazil Coffee Report: Robusta Filling In for Lower Expected Arabica Output

Brazil’s total coffee production for the 2025/26 market year (July to June) is now forecast at 63 million 60-kilogram bags, down about 3% from the prior season primarily due to...

2025.12.10

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European Parliament Votes to Delay EUDR

A week after European Union member states adopted a “negotiating mandate” to delay Europe’s new anti-deforestation supply chain law (EUDR), the European Parliament followed suit, voting to push back enforcement...

2025.12.01

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Brazil’s Expocacer to Host First Auction Through Blockchain-Based Coffee Chain

Large Brazilian coffee cooperative Expocacer is preparing to host the first online auction on its new Coffee Chain trading platform, offering traceable specialty lots to roasters and importers. Set for...

2025.12.01

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Fairtrade Plans Major Standards Overhaul for Coffee and Other Crops

Fairtrade International is planning a sweeping overhaul of the standards that govern Fairtrade-certified coffee and other crops. The multi-year project will likely reshape how millions of farmers, workers and buyers...

2025.11.26

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Specialty Coffee Association of Ethiopia Launches, Plans ‘Best of Ethiopia’

A group of prominent Ethiopian green coffee professionals formally launched the Specialty Coffee Association of Ethiopia (SCAE), a new trade group designed to “elevate” Ethiopia’s specialty coffee sector and better...

2025.11.26

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International Researchers Allege Widespread Errors in Smallholder Coffee Mapping, Offer Dataset

A new open-access dataset called Sample Earth aims to fix what its creators call a critical flaw in the global coffee and cocoa trade: maps that label current smallholder...

2025.11.26

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EU Member States Sign ‘Negotiating Mandate’ to Delay EUDR

EU governments formally backed another one-year delay to the EU’s new anti-deforestation law (EUDR) last week as the end-of-year enforcement date looms. On Nov. 19, EU member states agreed on...

2025.11.25

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Trump Order Eliminates All Tariffs on Brazilian Coffee

President Donald Trump signed an executive order yesterday removing the remaining 40% tariff on Brazilian coffee, effectively restoring coffee-tariff policy to pre-“Liberation Day” norms. The Arabica “C Price” for...

2025.11.21

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White House Offers Broad Coffee Tariff Relief; Brazil in Question

President Donald Trump on Friday ordered a major rollback of “reciprocal” tariffs on a numerous agricultural products not readily grown in the United States, including coffee. While the announcement...

2025.11.17

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White House Offers Broad Coffee Tariff Relief; Brazil in Question

President Donald Trump on Friday ordered a major rollback of “reciprocal” tariffs on a numerous agricultural products not readily grown in the United States, including coffee. While the announcement...

2025.11.17

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