More than 680 thousand bags of coffee were not shipped in October due to port backlog.

Coffee exporters suffered a loss of R$ 8,719 million in October due to additional storage, pre-stacking, and detentions caused by the inability to export 2,065 containers, equivalent to 681,590 bags of 60 kg, according to the most recent survey by the Brazilian Coffee Exporters' Council (Cecafé). "The outdated infrastructure in Brazilian ports and bottlenecks in logistics continue to generate millions of dollars in losses for companies involved in the shipment of coffee," the entity highlights. According to the document, the failure to ship this volume prevented the country from receiving US$ 278.08 million, or R$ 1.497 billion, in foreign exchange revenue from its commercial transactions in October of this year alone, considering the average Free on Board (FOB) export price of US$ 407.99 per bag (green coffee) and the average dollar rate of R$ 5.3849 in the previous month. In October 2025, 52% of ships, or 204 out of a total of 393 vessels, experienced delays or changes in ...