Jamaica

Jamaica's tiny crop is dominated by Blue Mountain coffee, a protected name that may only be used for coffee grown between 3,000 and 5,500 feet in four eastern parishes. The Coffee Industry Board holds the certification marks in the US, EU and UK Exports are small, around 21,000 bags a year.

Arabica

Production 2026/27
15kbags900 t · USDA PSD
Exports 2026/27
10kbags67% of the harvest
Arabica share
100%
World rank
40of 400.0% of origin output
Area harvested 2024
8,191haFAOSTAT
Altitude
914–1,676m

Production and exports

60 kg bags · USDA PSD market years
010k20k30k40k201020122014201620182020202220242026Production15kExports10kDomestic use5k
010k20k30k40k’10’20Production15kExports10kDomestic use5k

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

6,0007,0008,0009,00010,00011,000’10’15’20Area8,191

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
Production15k
Imports0
Exports10k
Domestic use5,000
Stocks carried out0
Share of the harvest exported67%
Rank among producing origins by exports37 of 37

Where the exports go is not published here. Shipments by destination, including US imports from Jamaica, 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

Single source main crop

  • Whole country · main cropFeb–Jun · US Jun–Sep
    Single source

    Cafe Imports only.

Growing regions

1 region

Varieties, processing and grading

Main varieties

TypicaBlue MountainBourbon

Common processing

Washed (wet, fully washed)

Export grading

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

Character and protected names

Flavour tendencies

The sources used do not describe a typical cup for Jamaica; this page does not invent one.

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

NameTypeRegisterYear
Jamaica Blue MountainCertification markUSPTO certification mark No. 1,414,598; EU trade mark No. 002093060; UK certification trade mark No. 1222993 (held by Coffee Marks Ltd for the Coffee Industry Board)not published