Malawi

Malawi is a small East African producer whose arabica comes mostly from smallholder cooperatives in the Misuku Hills of the far north, alongside a few estates, with around 25,000 bags exported a year.

Arabica

Production 2019/20
10kbags600 t · USDA PSD
Exports 2019/20
9kbags90% of the harvest
Arabica share
100%
World rank
41of 410.0% of origin output
Area harvested 2024
3,762haFAOSTAT
Altitude
not published

Production and exports

60 kg bags · USDA PSD market years
010k20k30k201020122014201620182020202220242026Production0Exports0Domestic use0
010k20k30k’10’20Production0Exports0Domestic use0

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

2,0003,0004,0005,0006,000’10’15’20Area3,762

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
Production10k
Imports0
Exports9,000
Domestic use1,000
Stocks carried out0
Share of the harvest exported90%
Rank among producing origins by exports38 of 38

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

Harvest

Harvest calendar for every origin
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  12. Dec

Main cropTypical US arrival

Single source main crop

  • Whole country · main cropApr–Sep · US Nov–Feb
    Single source

    Cafe Imports only.

Growing regions

1 region

Varieties, processing and grading

Main varieties

BourbonCatimorCaturraGeshaSL28

Common processing

Washed (wet, fully washed)

Export grading

No grading system recorded.

ICO certifying agent: Coffee Association of Malawi

Character and protected names

Flavour tendencies

The sources used do not describe a typical cup for Malawi; 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

None recorded for Malawi.