Burundi

Burundi is a small, landlocked producer where about 700,000 people work in coffee, growing Bourbon on the hills of Kayanza, Ngozi and neighbouring provinces. Coffee is washed at stations and exported through Dar es Salaam, and like Rwanda it contends with the potato defect.

Arabica

Production 2026/27
140kbags8,400 t · USDA PSD
Exports 2026/27
125kbags89% of the harvest
Arabica share
100%
World rank
30of 400.1% of origin output
Area harvested 2024
7,429haFAOSTAT
Altitude
not published

Production and exports

60 kg bags · USDA PSD market years
0100k200k300k201020122014201620182020202220242026Production140kExports125kDomestic use15k
0100k200k300k’10’20Production140kExports125kDomestic use15k

Market years 2010/11 to 2026/27; the last year is USDA's current estimate. Domestic use is PSD's domestic consumption line.

Area harvested, hectares · FAOSTAT

0k20k40k60k80k100k120k’10’15’20Area7k

FAOSTAT crops and livestock products, item green coffee (CC BY 4.0). Values flagged as estimates by FAO are included as published.

Where the coffee goes

Supply and use
USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, Production, Supply and Distribution (PSD), market years. Supply on the left equals use on the right.
Stocks carried in0
Production140k
Imports0
Exports125k
Domestic use15k
Stocks carried out0
Share of the harvest exported89%
Rank among producing origins by exports26 of 37

Where the exports go is not published here. Shipments by destination, including US imports from Burundi, come from USITC DataWeb and the Census trade API, which need credentials we do not hold yet.

Harvest

Harvest calendar for every origin
  1. Jan
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  5. May
  6. Jun
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  8. Aug
  9. Sep
  10. Oct
  11. Nov
  12. Dec

Main cropTypical US arrival

  • Whole country · main cropMar–Jul · US Oct–Jan

    Both give March-July; Cafe Imports arrivals October-December, Mercanta mid-October to January.

Growing regions

6 regions

Varieties, processing and grading

Main varieties

BourbonJacksonMibirizi

Common processing

Washed (wet, fully washed)Natural (dry process)

Export grading

Rwanda and Burundi screen grades

ICO certifying agent: Office du Café du Burundi (OCIBU)

Character and protected names

Flavour tendencies

The best Burundian lots are sugary and fruit-driven, with jammy, floral and citrus notes.

General tendencies from importer origin notes, not a promise about any lot. The claims behind them are listed with their sources at the foot of the page.

Geographical indications and protected names

None recorded for Burundi.