US Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Services (USDA-FAS) reports that Vietnam’s total coffee production for 2008/09 is expected to increase by 17%. In 2007/08, production was about 13.7% less than the previous crop year resulting in export volumes down 10% from the year before.
In market year 2007/08, Vietnam produced 1.1 million metric tons of coffee. Production estimates for 2008/2009 are for about 1.29 million metric tons. This forecast is due to an anticipated increase in the growing area as well as better growing conditions and improved coffee yields in major coffee growing areas.
Vietnam currently exports coffee to about 75 countries around the world, with Germany and the United States remaining the two largest buyers of Vietnam’s green coffee exports.