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What is being called a spectacular development, India's flourishing coffee export industry has magnificently showcased a tremendous growth of 125% in the last decade. Sharply surging from USD 800 million in the financial year 2014–15 to USD 1.8 billion in the financial year 2023–24, India's impeccable policy-driven growth is a manifestation of the agriculturally rich country's rising global popularity as a coffee player.
The role of the Coffee Board of India has been instrumental in facilitating this growth. This has been beautifully achieved through digitization and the streamlining of documentation workflows. These changes have significantly reduced friction in cross-border transactions and improved turnaround time for coffee exporters and catering to time-sensitive buyers in Europe, North America, and Southeast Asia.
In parallel, the Board’s regular dissemination of global pricing intelligence and trend analysis has allowed coffee exporters to better align origin-level supply cycles with destination-market demand windows—critical in sustaining contractual reliability in institutional B2B engagements.
The government has also implemented freight-linked export incentives to bolster competitiveness, offering ₹3/kg for value-added coffee products and ₹2/kg for green coffee targeting high-margin markets like the U.S., Japan, and Australia. These support mechanisms have proven crucial in mitigating freight volatility and enabling competitive CIF pricing.
India remains the seventh-largest producer of coffee globally and the fifth-largest exporter, accounting for approximately 5% of global coffee trade. What distinguishes India’s presence is not volume dominance but its strong outbound orientation—with nearly two-thirds of production being directed toward international buyers.
Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu continue to serve as the main production clusters, collectively generating an estimated 360,000 metric tonnes annually. While production volumes have remained relatively steady, improvements in quality grading, process compliance, and post-harvest infrastructure have improved India’s reputation in structured B2B procurement.
Recent data from Volza reveals a market distribution that leans heavily into both traditional and emerging buyer geographies. Italy leads with approximately 15% of India’s total coffee exports (1,042 import shipments), followed by Kuwait (615 shipments, ~9%) and South Korea (503 shipments, ~7%).
This bifurcation between legacy European markets and fast-scaling Asian destinations highlights the B2B adaptability of Indian coffee exporters. Whether it’s bulk procurement by European roasters or high-grade shipments for boutique cafés and hotel chains in the Middle East and Asia-Pacific, the ability to meet varied specifications has become a key differentiator.
According to some sources like OEC, While India exported $777 million worth of coffee in calendar year 2023, placing it 17th among global exporters by value, its strategic importance lies in its reliability and consistency within the larger food and beverage trade ecosystem.
Out of 1,212 products exported globally from India, coffee ranks 109th. It may not be among the top ten in value, but it holds high relevance in institutional procurement chains due to its quality differentiation and long-term buyer relationships.
As India continues to consolidate its position in premium agri-exports like coffee, digital trade platforms that prioritize buyer-verification, real-time price discovery, and negotiation transparency are becoming critical to execution.
Tradologie.com, with its transaction-oriented model and verified global buyer base, stands aligned with this national vision. By offering a platform where agriculture exporters can access qualified inquiries and negotiate competitively across geographies, the platform complements the policy-backed push for structured, premium agro-exports.
While not a policy entity itself, Tradologie's architecture and reach support the same end-goal—seamless export facilitation with commercial discipline, something that aligns closely with the Coffee Board’s digitization and market intelligence objectives.
A Playbook for Managed Growth India’s coffee export story over the last decade is not defined by output scaling but by supply chain rationalization and the active management of buyer relationships in regulated and premium markets.
For B2B buyers and institutional procurement teams, India today offers not only high-quality coffee, but also an ecosystem of coffee exporters equipped with certifications, compliance protocols, and trade reliability—a must in today’s complex, multi-channel food and beverage supply networks.
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