Peru

Peru's coffee is grown by smallholders on the eastern slopes of the Andes, from Cajamarca and Amazonas in the north through Junín to Cusco and Puno in the south. It is the world's largest exporter of organic arabica, with strong cooperative and fair-trade networks that grew from the 1990s. The harvest runs from about May to September.

Arabica

Production 2026/27
4.78Mbags287k t · USDA PSD
Exports 2026/27
4.55Mbags95% of the harvest
Arabica share
100%
World rank
9of 402.5% of origin output
Area harvested 2024
422khaFAOSTAT
Altitude
not published

Production and exports

60 kg bags · USDA PSD market years
02M4M6M201020122014201620182020202220242026Production4.8MExports4.6MDomestic use0.3M
02M4M6M’10’20Production4.8MExports4.6MDomestic use0.3M

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

300k350k400k450k500k’10’15’20Area422k

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 in21k
Production4.78M
Imports84k
Exports4.55M
Domestic use305k
Stocks carried out26k
Share of the harvest exported95%
Rank among producing origins by exports9 of 37

Where the exports go is not published here. Shipments by destination, including US imports from Peru, 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 Nov–Feb

    Cafe Imports June-September with arrivals January-June; Mercanta May to early September with availability mid-November to early January. Arrival range spans both.

Growing regions

9 regions

Varieties, processing and grading

Main varieties

TypicaBourbonCaturraCatuaíPacheCatimor

Common processing

Washed (wet, fully washed)

Export grading

Peru altitude grades and NTP 209.027

Character and protected names

Flavour tendencies

Peruvian washed coffees have a reputation as mild, clean and sweet blend components, with more vivid acidity and fruit appearing in high northern and southern microlots.

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 Peru.