Market Report | Royal Coffee https://royalcoffee.com Green Coffee Importers Since 1978 Wed, 12 Nov 2025 20:21:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://cdn.royalcoffee.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/07134300/web-app-manifest-512x512-1-100x100.png Market Report | Royal Coffee https://royalcoffee.com 32 32 What Does the Supreme Court Tariff Hearing Mean for Coffee? https://royalcoffee.com/what-does-the-supreme-court-tariff-hearing-means-for-coffee/ Wed, 12 Nov 2025 18:09:00 +0000 https://royalcoffee.com/?p=223089 The Supreme Court’s recent hearing on the IEEPA tariffs signals skepticism about presidential trade powers but no quick relief for importers. Refunds appear off the table, and tariff risk, especially for Brazil, remains high. Here’s what Royal Coffee’s CEO took away from the arguments.

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]]> Coffee Market Update: Backwardation and What It Means for Roasters https://royalcoffee.com/coffee-market-update-backwardation-and-what-it-means-for-roasters/ Tue, 21 Oct 2025 19:07:05 +0000 https://royalcoffee.com/?p=222178 The global coffee market has entered uncharted territory. Tight inventories, Brazil tariffs, and U.S.–Colombia trade tensions are pushing C-market prices higher and sustaining extreme backwardation. Learn what it means for roasters and buyers.

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]]> Current Coffee Market Outlook: Brazil Frost, Tariffs & Spot Scarcity https://royalcoffee.com/current-coffee-market-outlook/ Tue, 02 Sep 2025 19:38:05 +0000 https://royalcoffee.com/?p=220320 Article Summary: Global coffee markets face major uncertainty driven by Brazil’s August frost, 50% U.S. tariffs on Brazilian imports, and ongoing spot coffee scarcity. The frost’s full impact on the 2026 harvest remains unknown, heightening volatility. Tariffs have inflated costs and redirected demand to other origins like Colombia, Peru, and Indonesia, pushing premiums higher. Spot […]

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]]> Brazilian Exports, Global Logistics, and the C Market https://royalcoffee.com/brazilian-exports-global-logistics-and-the-c-market/ https://royalcoffee.com/brazilian-exports-global-logistics-and-the-c-market/#comments Thu, 01 Aug 2024 21:58:26 +0000 https://royalcoffee.com/?p=187063 Time Keeps on Slipping…into the Future The C Market is finally starting to come under some selling pressure, but there is still a large area of support at the 215.00 to 220.00 area. It would be premature to assume the market can or should break much lower than that in the near term. Remember: we […]

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]]> https://royalcoffee.com/brazilian-exports-global-logistics-and-the-c-market/feed/ 1 Year to Date C Market Recap https://royalcoffee.com/2023-year-to-date-c-market-recap/ Thu, 20 Jul 2023 20:23:59 +0000 https://royalcoffee.com/?p=176522 As of this writing, the price of the most actively traded NY coffee futures contract (SEP23) sits at 155.80.  This is a 24 percent drop from the 6-month high of 205.25.  It is worth looking back over the past half year to see how we ended up at this level and also to better understand […]

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]]> What Da C Doin’?! https://royalcoffee.com/whatdacdoin/ Fri, 28 Oct 2022 20:39:05 +0000 https://royalcoffee.com/?p=161616 Wild gyrations in the coffee market, and how to cope. If you’ve been watching the coffee market recently, you are doubtless aware of the massive decline in coffee futures prices on the Intercontinental Commodity Exchange (“ICE”, colloquially still known as the “New York ‘C’ Market,” or just “the C”). Since peaking at $2.30/lb on September […]

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]]> It’s (Finally) Ethiopia Season https://royalcoffee.com/its-finally-ethiopia-season/ Fri, 02 Sep 2022 17:11:06 +0000 https://royalcoffee.com/?p=159970 OK, the truth is that we’ve been receiving Ethiopian coffees for months now, but unless you are booking forward with us, you’ve likely not seen many, if any, available on our SPOT Offering List. This is because they’ve all been selling out in advance of arrival, or shortly thereafter. Happily, we are about to reach […]

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]]> Royal’s 2022 Kenya Lineup https://royalcoffee.com/royals-2022-kenya-lineup/ Wed, 03 Aug 2022 18:21:31 +0000 https://royalcoffee.com/?p=159546 Editor’s note: This update was a collaborative effort between Caitlin McCarthy-García, Max Nicholas-Fulmer, and Charlie Habegger.  On a global level, weather patterns in Brazil brought doubt to the world’s coffee supply in mid-2021; while in Kenya, labor and input costs on the farm remained ever high due to the pandemic. In Kenya specifically, movement of people […]

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]]> The C Market and Our Prices https://royalcoffee.com/the-c-market-and-our-prices/ Fri, 19 Nov 2021 16:49:01 +0000 https://royalcoffee.com/?p=142145 About a month ago, I discussed some factors that led to the C market’s rise. Now that the C market has gone above the highs of the drought-driven market of 2014-15, I want to address our pricing specifically. While prices have increased due to freight and higher internal prices for cherry and parchment over the […]

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]]> Why is the C Market Up? https://royalcoffee.com/why-is-the-c-market-up/ https://royalcoffee.com/why-is-the-c-market-up/#comments Tue, 12 Oct 2021 21:05:29 +0000 https://royalcoffee.com/?p=137227 The C market, as of October 14th, is trading at $2.09/lb, back to the levels reached immediately following the frost in Minas Gerais and other coffee regions of Brazil this past July. This is in spite of nearly ideal rainfall patterns in Brazil. Drought no longer seems to be a primary concern, although it remains […]

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