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Coffee Industry |
compiled October 2002 |
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Five companies buy almost half of the world's green coffee beans:
|
Kraft |
13% |
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Nestle |
13% |
|
Sara Lee |
10% |
|
Proctor & Gamble |
4% |
|
Tchibo |
4% |
Source: (Gresser and Tickell, 2002, p. 25).
Producing Countries (thousand bags)
|
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
|
|
Brazil |
27,664 |
22,758 |
34,650 |
32,345 |
32,204 |
33,550 |
|
Colombia |
10,876 |
12,211 |
11,024 |
9,398 |
10,532 |
11,172 |
|
Vietnam |
5,705 |
6,915 |
6,972 |
11,648 |
14,775 |
10,000 |
|
Indonesia |
8,299 |
7,759 |
8,458 |
5,432 |
6,733 |
6,446 |
|
Mexico |
5,324 |
5,045 |
5,051 |
6,442 |
5,125 |
5,500 |
|
India |
3,469 |
4,729 |
4,372 |
5,457 |
4,611 |
5,011 |
|
Other nations |
39,493 |
35,034 |
33,770 |
42,317 |
36,642 |
36,079 |
|
Total |
102,826 |
96,448 |
106,295 |
115,038 |
112,622 |
109,759 |
Source: International Coffee Organization, Total Production of Exporting Members Crop Years 1996/97 to 2001/02 http://www.ico.org/trade/po.htm
Consuming Countries
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% of world imports during 1990-1993 |
|
|
USA |
26 |
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Germany |
14 |
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Japan |
8 |
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France |
8 |
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Italy |
6 |
|
Spain |
4 |
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Holland |
3 |
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UK |
3 |
|
Canada |
3 |
|
Sweden |
2 |
|
Other importers |
26 |
|
Total |
100 |
Source: http://www.coffeeresearch.org/market/importations.htm
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