5 Main Destination Countries for Indonesian Coffee Exports

Indonesia is the 4th largest coffee-producing country in the world. Indonesia is recorded to produce 774.6 thousand metric tons of coffee beans throughout 2021. In addition, Indonesia is also listed as the 3rd largest exporter of Robusta coffee beans in the world.

Most of Indonesia’s coffee bean production comes from the island of Sumatra with South Sumatra being the province with the largest coffee bean producer in the country. Meanwhile, South Sumatra’s coffee bean production will total 198.9 thousand metric tons in 2021.

Lampung occupies the 2nd position with a total production of 117.3 thousand metric tons of coffee beans, followed by North Sumatra with a total of 76.5 thousand metric tons of coffee bean production throughout 2021. In addition, there are Aceh and Bengkulu which complete the list of the 5 largest coffee bean-producing provinces in Indonesia with a total production of 73.4 thousand and 62.2 thousand metric tons, respectively.

Citing a report from Discoffeer.com, America is the main destination for coffee bean exports from Indonesia in 2021. The total number of Indonesian coffee beans exported to Uncle Sam’s country is 57.6 thousand metric tons. Egypt occupies the 2nd position with a total of 48.5 thousand metric tons of Indonesian coffee bean exports. Switching to Malaysia in the 3rd position with 29 thousand metric tons of coffee bean exports from Indonesia.

The 4th and 5th positions were achieved by Japan and Italy with a total of 25.1 thousand and 24.4 thousand metric tons of coffee bean exports from Indonesia throughout 2021. This achievement led Indonesia to become the 6th largest coffee bean exporter in the world. a world with the total exported coffee beans reaching 380.1 thousand metric tons in 2021.

Indonesian coffee beans have succeeded in attracting the attention of foreign citizens because they have a variety of flavors produced from various regions in the archipelago. Coffee farming contributes to the socioeconomic status of the country by supporting the content eyes of small farmers to coffee shops that are widespread in the country.