Guatemala

Guatemala's national coffee association Anacafé has defined eight producing regions by climate, soil and cup, five of them volcanic. Almost all production is shade-grown washed arabica, much of it Strictly Hard Bean from above 1,350 m, and remote regions such as Huehuetenango require farms to mill their own coffee. The harvest stretches from about November to April depending on altitude.

ArabicaRobusta / Conilon Harvesting in November

Production 2026/27
3.26Mbags196k t · USDA PSD
Exports 2026/27
3.20Mbags98% of the harvest
Arabica share
96%
World rank
11of 401.7% of origin output
Area harvested 2024
376khaFAOSTAT
Altitude
1,300–2,000m

Production and exports

60 kg bags · USDA PSD market years
01M2M3M4M5M201020122014201620182020202220242026Production3.3MExports3.2MDomestic use0.9M
01M2M3M4M5M’10’20Production3.3MExports3.2MDomestic use0.9M

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

200k250k300k350k400k’10’15’20Area376k

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 in11k
Production3.26M
Imports845k
Exports3.20M
Domestic use900k
Stocks carried out16k
Share of the harvest exported98%
Rank among producing origins by exports11 of 37

Where the exports go is not published here. Shipments by destination, including US imports from Guatemala, 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 cropNov–Apr · US Jun–Sep

    Cafe Imports September-April (arrivals June); Mercanta November-April with shipping in May and arrivals late July-September; regional windows run December-April.

Growing regions

8 regions

Varieties, processing and grading

Main varieties

BourbonCaturraCatuaíTypicaMaragogipePachePacamara

Common processing

Washed (wet, fully washed)

Export grading

Central American and Mexican altitude grades (SHB/HB, SHG/HG, Altura)

Character and protected names

Flavour tendencies

Guatemalan coffees typically combine chocolate and toffee sweetness with a crisp citric or malic acidity; Antigua is the smoother, sweeter benchmark, while Huehuetenango is the most fruit-forward and Atitlán adds nutty-chocolate depth with lemony brightness.

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 Guatemala.