Coffee exports posted record sales in 2025. During the first eleven months of the year (January–November), coffee shipments totaled US$1.579 billion, a 54.1% increase compared with the same period last year, and sector estimates indicate that sales would close at nearly US$1.8 billion by end-2025.
As a flagship national product, coffee accounted for 94% of traditional agricultural exports in the first eleven months of the year.
For example, in recent days, the price of a quintal of conventional coffee has been trading at around US$350 on the New York exchange.
Peruvian coffee is exported to 52 markets worldwide. The United States is its main destination, followed by Germany, Belgium, Canada, and Colombia, among others, all of which enjoy the wide range of national varieties that have conquered the most discerning palates in international gastronomy.
In addition, our country ranks among the world's leading producers and exporters of organic coffee, alongside Ethiopia.
Likewise, by the end of last year Peru remained the globe's ninth-largest producer and exporter of conventional coffee, surpassed only by Brazil, Vietnam, Colombia, Indonesia, Uganda, Ethiopia, Honduras and India.
This performance was driven by better prices in international markets.
It is worth noting that from 2023 through the end of 2025, coffee prices have seen a significant rebound, driven by global supply constraints—including climate-related disruptions in Brazil and Vietnam—lower available inventories, and stronger relative demand.
As a result, Arabica coffee prices surged to their highest levels since 1977.
Coffee cultivation is carried out by 223,000 smallholder families and involves around 2 million people across the value chain.
The coffee sector's boom has shown no signs of slowing in recent years.
Last year alone, sales exceeded US$1.1 billion—an increase of more than 30% compared with 2023—following 2022, when exports of coffee and its various products reached US$1.224 billion.
Producing regions
Peru produces a wide range of coffee varieties. The main ones include Caturra, Typica, Bourbon, Catimor, Pache and Geisha, among others.
Coffee is the country's leading traditional agricultural export and a key source of direct and indirect employment, particularly for small-scale producers.
Coffee is produced in 16 regions. The main producing areas are San Martin, Cajamarca, Junin, Cusco, Amazonas, Huánuco, and Pasco. Nationwide, its cultivation covered an area of 427,000 hectares as of 2023.
Peru continues to uphold its long-standing coffee-growing tradition. Small-scale producers have earned numerous national and international awards, recognizing it as the world's best coffee.
In March 2010, the Tunki variety from Puno was awarded the title of the world's best specialty coffee at the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) fair, outperforming more than 120 competitors.
Likewise, 85% of coffee growers are smallholders managing between one and five hectares.
Only about 30% are associated—mainly through cooperatives, which have greater bargaining power—while the majority of producers still require support across different stages of the value chain.