Coffee production in Colombia totaled 754,000 60kg bags in March, a volume 13% lower than that recorded in February (869,000 tons) and 29% lower compared to the same month in 2025 (1.064 million tons), according to data from the National Federation of Coffee Growers (FNC), released this Friday (10). According to the president of the FNC, German Bahamon Jaramillo, the result was already "predictable" due to the incessant rains, which have been reducing productivity in recent months. "If we add to this depressed prices and high costs, it confirms that the coffee business in 2026 will be very challenging," he says. In the accumulated total of the last 12 months – from April 2025 to March 2026 – Colombian coffee production totaled 12.413 million bags, an amount 17% lower than in the 12 months immediately preceding (14.993 million bags). In the current coffee year – which began in October – production totaled 6.224 million bags, a 28% year-on-year decrease; in the first quarter of this year, it reached 2.516 million bags, a 33% decrease compared to the first three months of 2025. Colombia exported 844,000 bags of coffee in March, a volume slightly above the 807,000 bags registered in February. In the first quarter, Colombian shipments of the commodity totaled 2.56 million bags, a 29% decrease compared to the 3.59 million in the same period of 2025. "The balance of the quarter does not allow for simplistic interpretations. There is lower production and lower export capacity. The convergence of pressures — productive, climatic and cost-related — explains the difficulty faced by what is Colombia's main export sector," concludes the president of the FNC.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.