CAFÉNOBRASIL
Coffee inBrazil
Produçãonacionalnasúltimasduassafras
Região Produção(milsacasbeneficiadas)
Safra2015
Safra2016
Variação(%)
Norte
1.704,5
1.636,0
6,0
Nordeste
2.345,9
2.093,3
10,8
Centro-Oeste
354,1
352,2
0,5
Sudeste
37.376,4
46.069,9
23,3
Sul
1.290,0
1.047,0
18,8
Outros
128,3
170,8
33,1
Brasil
43.235,2
51.369,2
18,8
Fonte:Conab.
FAVORABLEBALANCE
Over thepast twoyears, aprolongeddrought reduced thecrop in theStateof EspíritoSanto,
leadingBrazilianconilloncoffeeproducer,withstrongimpactsupontheshipmentsofthisvariety.
Nevertheless,theBrazilianCoffeeExportersCouncil(CECafé)hasitthatcoffeefarminginBrazilis
goingthroughmomentsofcycleswithfavorableprices.Furthermore,thegoodrainsinlate2016
throughouttheState,evokefavorableexpectationsfortotalcoffeefieldrecovery.
“Notwithstandingthe85-percentdropinconillonexports,Arabicacoffeecelebrateda1.5-per-
centhigherperformanceintheperiodextendingfromJanuarytoOctober2016,comparedtothe
sameperiodtheyearbefore”,sayspresidentofCeCafé,NelsonCarvalhaes.“Takingintoconsider-
ation just themonthof October 2016, it is in fact thebest performanceof Arabica coffeeover the
pastfiveyears,correspondingto2,999,607sacks.ThisprovidesBrazilwiththecapacitytosupply
theworldundernormalconditions”,heargues.
Braziliancoffeeexportsarelikelytocometoaclosein2016withavolumeof33millionand34
million 60-kg sacks. The volume falls short of the 37million sacks negotiated in 2015. “This infe-
rior result is a reflectionof the climateproblems that hit the State of EspíritoSanto, of the small-
er volume in theending stocks andof theexceptional resultsof the shipmentsover thepast two
years,whentheCountrynegotiated36millionand37millionsacks,in2014and2015,respective-
ly”,pondersCarvalhaes.
T
he Brazilian coffee crop set an
all-time record in 2016. The to-
tal reached 51.37 million 60-kg
sacks of processed coffee, of
Arabica and conillon. The vol-
ume, according to theNational FoodSupply
Agency (Conab), is up 18.8% from the previ-
ous crop, when theCountryharvested43.24
million sacks. Up to that time, the biggest
national crop occurred in 2014, with 50.8
million sacks. The total cultivated area re-
mained at 2.22million hectares, down 1.1%
from2015. In spite of this, coffee farmers are
commemorating productivity gains.
According to Conab sources, average
productivity remained at 26.33 sacks per
hectare, up more than 17% from the previ-
ous year’s crop. The positive result stems, in
particular, from the favorable weather con-
ditions in themain coffeeproducing regions
in Brazil. Furthermore, the “on year” of the
biennial cyclewas also a factor in themajor-
ity of the regions. São Paulo was the State
that reaped the best results, with 46.7%,
followed by Mato Grosso and Minas Gerais,
with gains of 39.45% and 32% in their har-
vests. With the exception of Rondônia, Ba-
hia, Espírito Santo and Paraná, all other
states took advantage of productivity gains.
In the opinion of the president of the
Brazilian Coffee Exporters Council (CECa-
fé), Nelson Carvalhaes, the positive results
stem from the endeavor of the Country in
pursuit of the production of ever more sus-
tainable coffee, with higher productivity
and more profits for the farmers, through
the expansion of capacity building pro-
grams destined for the farmers, the appli-
cation of technology and research on the
fields. “These efforts can be ascertained
in several regions throughout the country-
side”, he ponders.
Among the initiatives, he points out the
InformedProducer Program, runby theCe-
Production amounted to 43.24 million
sacks, up 18.8% from 2015
Coffeesupplychainsetsall-timerecordharvestin2016andcelebrates
productivitygainsinmostcoffeeproducingstatesintheCountry
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Café, in a partnership with the Global Cof-
fee Platform. “The action trains the farm-
ers on best agricultural practices and is
aimed at good farm management, quality
improvement, higher farmer income and
higher productivity.”
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