Market / Consumption Statistics

Coffeeresearch.org has no statistics or consumption information that is not posted on this website. Likewise, we do not collect this information and cannot answer any questions regarding current or past trends in the market. Please contact one of the companies listed below for further statistical information. Thank you for your understanding.

Specialty Coffee Association of America (scaa.org) - Offers information about drinking trends and drinking statistics to its members in the United States. This may be the best source of information about specialty coffee statistics.

National Coffee Association (ncausa.org) - The NCA offers several statistical reports on the coffee industry. A quarterly statistical report called Coffee Trax is available for $35 each (free with NCA membership). This includes twenty pages of charts focusing on exportation statistics of USDA, ICO exports by group, import statistics, warehouse stocks, roasting, retail prices, and retail market share.

The National Drinking Trends Supplemental Report offers extensive information on consumption statistics including per capita consumption, information on consumers, consumption by time of day, intensity of coffee drinking, information on a wide variety of beverages including iced and gourmet, home drinking trends, additives, cup size, consumer knowledge analysis, roast preferences, and consumer pereptions. This manual costs $125 for NCA members, $200 for SCAA members, or $275 for non-members.

International Coffee Association (ico.org) - The ICO offers a wide variety of materials concerning data for the importation, exportation, and retail prices of coffee. They have a newsletter they publish three times a year for $79. More information about supplies, exports, imports, indicator prices, retail prices, and prices paid to growers can be found in their quarterly Coffee Statistics manual for $316. For yearly data on annual exports and imports, the Trade Statistics manual is useful and sells for $158. Country profiles are also available.

For detailed statistics on the United States coffee market the Specialty Coffee Association of America and the National Coffee Association are the best option. You may purchase this information from either source and they may be contacted at the information below. The International Coffee Organization gathers and distributes international information on consumption, exportation, and importation.