Ecuador

Ecuador grows both arabica and robusta from the coastal province of Manabí, where coffee arrived in 1860, to high Andean farms in Loja and Pichincha. Production fell sharply in the 1980s but a specialty revival, marked by the arrival of Cup of Excellence in 2021, has followed. Its equatorial position allows harvesting through much of the year.

ArabicaRobusta / Conilon

Production 2026/27
350kbags21k t · USDA PSD
Exports 2026/27
430kbags123% of the harvest
Arabica share
29%
World rank
25of 400.2% of origin output
Area harvested 2024
19khaFAOSTAT
Altitude
not published

Production and exports

60 kg bags · USDA PSD market years
0500k1000k1500k2000k201020122014201620182020202220242026Production350kExports430kDomestic use375k
0500k1000k1500k2000k’10’20Production350kExports430kDomestic use375k

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

0k50k100k150k200k’10’15’20Area19k

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 in60k
Production350k
Imports425k
Exports430k
Domestic use375k
Stocks carried out30k
Share of the harvest exported123%
Rank among producing origins by exports22 of 37

Where the exports go is not published here. Shipments by destination, including US imports from Ecuador, 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
  2. Feb
  3. Mar
  4. Apr
  5. May
  6. Jun
  7. Jul
  8. Aug
  9. Sep
  10. Oct
  11. Nov
  12. Dec

Main cropTypical US arrival

  • Whole country · main cropMay–Sep · US Oct–Jan

    Mercanta's main harvest May-September with availability mid-November to January; Cafe Imports says harvest runs through the year with September-October arrivals.

Growing regions

7 regions

Varieties, processing and grading

Main varieties

TypicaBourbonCaturraSidra

Common processing

Washed (wet, fully washed)Natural (dry process)Honey process (yellow, red, black)

Export grading

Other national grade vocabularies (Jamaica, PNG, DR Congo, Ecuador, Yemen, Flores)

ICO certifying agent: Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería (MAG)

Character and protected names

Flavour tendencies

High-grown Ecuadorian lots, especially of the Sidra variety, can be strikingly fruity and floral.

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 Ecuador.