Vietnam

Vietnam is the world's second-largest producer and the leading robusta exporter, a position built after land liberalisation in the late 1980s and 1990s. About four-fifths of production is in the Central Highlands, chiefly Đắk Lắk and Gia Lai, while the small arabica share comes from Lâm Đồng and the northern mountains. Coffee is mostly sun-dried and traded on screen size and defect percentages.

ArabicaRobusta / Conilon Harvesting in November

Production 2026/27
32.5Mbags1.95M t · USDA PSD
Exports 2026/27
29.0Mbags89% of the harvest
Arabica share
3%
World rank
2of 4017.1% of origin output
Area harvested 2024
679khaFAOSTAT
Altitude
not published

Production and exports

60 kg bags · USDA PSD market years
010M20M30M40M201020122014201620182020202220242026Production32.5MExports28.9MDomestic use5M
010M20M30M40M’10’20Production32.5MExports28.9MDomestic use5M

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

400k500k600k700k800k’10’15’20Area679k

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 in689k
Production32.5M
Imports1.25M
Exports29.0M
Domestic use5.00M
Stocks carried out489k
Share of the harvest exported89%
Rank among producing origins by exports2 of 37

Where the exports go is not published here. Shipments by destination, including US imports from Vietnam, 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 cropFly cropTypical US arrival

Single source main cropSingle source fly crop

  • Whole country · main cropOct–Feb · US Apr–Jun
    Single source

    Both from Mercanta (origin page October-April; seasonality page October-February for robusta, arrivals April-June). A second independent source is still needed.

  • Whole country · fly cropMay–Sep
    Single source

    Smaller secondary harvest per Mercanta.

Growing regions

7 regions

Varieties, processing and grading

Main varieties

Robusta (cultivated Coffea canephora, Congolese SG2 group)Catimor

Common processing

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

Export grading

TCVN 4193 green coffee grades

ICO certifying agent: Vietnam Coffee and Cocoa Association (VICOFA)

Character and protected names

Flavour tendencies

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