Coffee traders are betting Brazil’s record harvest will ease a global supply crunch, but farmers in the world’s top grower are in no hurry to sell beans, squeezing supplies in consuming countries.
Coffee traders are betting Brazil’s record harvest will ease a global supply crunch, but farmers in the world’s top grower are in no hurry to sell beans, squeezing supplies in consuming countries.
A worker transports coffee cherries during a harvest in Jacutinga, Minas Gerais state, Brazil, on Thursday, July 31, 2025. Despite a planned 50% tariff on Brazilian imports to the US, Arabica coffee beans may remain resilient, after rising 13.1% in the first five months of the year, despite the headwind of price increases, which are averaging 88.4%.