Mexico

Mexico grows coffee mainly in four southern states, Chiapas, Veracruz, Oaxaca and Puebla, which together hold about 90 percent of output, on more than 500,000 farms that are mostly under ten hectares. After the state coffee institute INMECAFE was dissolved in 1989, producers reorganised into cooperatives that made Mexico a major source of organic and fair-trade coffee. Leaf rust and other pathogens have cut yields in recent years.

ArabicaRobusta / Conilon Harvesting in November

Production 2026/27
4.14Mbags248k t · USDA PSD
Exports 2026/27
3.41Mbags82% of the harvest
Arabica share
86%
World rank
10of 402.2% of origin output
Area harvested 2024
660khaFAOSTAT
Altitude
not published

Production and exports

60 kg bags · USDA PSD market years
01M2M3M4M5M201020122014201620182020202220242026Production4.1MExports3.4MDomestic use3.2M
01M2M3M4M5M’10’20Production4.1MExports3.4MDomestic use3.2M

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

550k600k650k700k750k800k’10’15’20Area660k

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 in20k
Production4.14M
Imports2.50M
Exports3.41M
Domestic use3.24M
Stocks carried out5,000
Share of the harvest exported82%
Rank among producing origins by exports10 of 37

Where the exports go is not published here. Shipments by destination, including US imports from Mexico, 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–Mar · US May–Jul

    Both sources give November to (mid-)March; Cafe Imports arrivals May-June, Mercanta May-July.

Growing regions

8 regions

Varieties, processing and grading

Main varieties

TypicaBourbonCaturraMundo NovoMaragogipeCatimorCatuaíMarsellesa

Common processing

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

Export grading

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

ICO certifying agent: Secretaría de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural (SADER)

Character and protected names

Flavour tendencies

Mexican coffee was long seen as a nutty, chocolatey, mildly citric blender, but high-grown lots now show citric and malic acidity with chocolate and toffee sweetness.

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 Mexico.