Coffee insights

In April 2025, Peruvian green coffee exports reached 4,162 tons for US$ 22 million. The average price rose to US$ 5.26 per kilogram.

Core Tip: The 29th "Best of Panama 2025" green coffee bean competition, hosted by the Specialty Coffee Association of Panama (SCAP), concluded on the 7th. The Peterson family's Hacienda La Esmeralda swept the champions in three major competition categories, while also breaking two world records.

On May 27, Hainan Zhuoran Coffee Co., Ltd. successfully cleared customs after processing Arabica coffee beans from Panama, marking the first successful value-added processing of coffee beans in the Hainan Free Trade Port and the first such business in Wanning City, injecting new momentum into the local coffee industry. "Becoming one of the first pilot enterprises for value-added processing in the Wanning Free Trade Port not only reduces operating costs but also helps further expand the international market," said Tong Shuo, responsible person at Hainan Zhuoran Coffee Co., Ltd. He added that they will continue to fully utilize preferential policies, import more high-quality coffee beans from around the world, and extend from trade to cultural promotion and product research and development, thereby building a complete industrial chain to achieve "global buying and selling" and help Hainan become an important link in the global coffee industry chain. To promote the landing of value-added processing business in the Wanning Free Trade Port, the Yecheng Customs of Haikou Customs provided "one-on-one" detailed explanations to enterprises on value-added processing account registration procedures, application processes, and consumption quota calculations, and provided real-time guidance on single window system declarations. The Wenchang Customs of Haikou Customs, through "bringing policies to the door," provided on-site guidance on video monitoring installation and online declaration. Additionally, to address enterprises' policy comprehension challenges, they deployed business backbone staff to develop support plans, actively connected with local commerce, industry, and information departments, and jointly built a comprehensive policy service system to help enterprises truly benefit from policy dividends. "Currently, Wanning City has approved 9 pilot enterprises for free trade port value-added processing, including 7 coffee bean processing companies. The successful landing of the first business lays a solid foundation for enhancing the free trade port's stress test level," said a responsible person from Wenchang Customs. Moving forward, Haikou Customs will continue to optimize services, strengthen inter-departmental coordination, actively help enterprises solve difficulties, and assist more companies in enjoying the policy benefits of value-added processing in the Hainan Free Trade Port.