Venezuela

Venezuela's coffee exports are now small, in the tens of thousands of bags. Coffee grows in the Andean states of Táchira, Mérida and Trujillo and in the coastal range of Lara, Portuguesa and Monagas, with roughly 65,000 farmers.

Arabica Harvesting in November

Production 2026/27
500kbags30k t · USDA PSD
Exports 2026/27
0bags0% of the harvest
Arabica share
100%
World rank
23of 400.3% of origin output
Area harvested 2024
166khaFAOSTAT
Altitude
not published

Production and exports

60 kg bags · USDA PSD market years
0500k1000k1500k201020122014201620182020202220242026Production500kExports0Domestic use500k
0500k1000k1500k’10’20Production500kExports0Domestic use500k

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

140k160k180k200k220k’10’15’20Area166k

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
Production500k
Imports0
Exports0
Domestic use500k
Stocks carried out0
Share of the harvest exported0%
Rank among producing origins by exports—

Where the exports go is not published here. Shipments by destination, including US imports from Venezuela, 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 cropSep–Jan · US May–Oct
    Single source

    Cafe Imports only.

Growing regions

6 regions

Varieties, processing and grading

Main varieties

TypicaBourbonCaturraCatuaí

Common processing

Washed (wet, fully washed)Honey process (yellow, red, black)Natural (dry process)

Export grading

No grading system recorded.

ICO certifying agent: Dirección General de Mercado Agrícola, Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Agricultura y Tierras

Character and protected names

Flavour tendencies

The sources used do not describe a typical cup for Venezuela; 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 Venezuela.