China's coffee raw material exports hit a new high Yunnan coffee planting industry coffee export coffee culture

More and more farmers in Yunnan are turning to the coffee industry because the income of coffee is higher than other crops, the report said. In 2012, local farmers earned twice as much as tea to grow coffee on the same area of land, Desmet said.

Nestl é has been operating in Yunnan since the late 1980s, providing training services to growers and buying coffee locally. Since 2005, the number of suppliers has increased from 147to more than 2000. At present, the total number of coffee farmers in Yunnan has exceeded 80,000, and many of them grow coffee and tea at the same time.

Robusta coffee beans are the main varieties of coffee beans produced in Asia, which are mainly produced in Vietnam and Indonesia. This low-quality coffee bean is the raw material of instant coffee. Arabica coffee beans are mainly used to make cappuccino and latte. The coffee beans were introduced to Yunnan by a French missionary in the late 1880s, but it was not until a hundred years later that the local coffee industry really developed with the help of the Chinese government and the United Nations Development Program.

Over the past decade, China's coffee exports have been growing steadily, from 137000 bags (60 kg each) in 1998 to 1.1 million bags in 2012, on a par with Costa Rica and close to 1% of the world's total exports

For this article is actually a great inspiration to the editor, coffee is of course unlimited potential in the domestic market, with the gradual trend of coffee culture to fashion, popular. It has attracted the favor of many younger generation consumers. However, it is undeniable that the business opportunities in the foreign trade market of coffee are even greater. Although the country of origin of coffee is not in China, and our country does not have an in-depth understanding of coffee culture, the current coffee trade volume is in short supply, which will lead to the steady growth of China's coffee export volume. In the future, it can be seen that the prospect of China's coffee market is relatively optimistic for the time being, whether it is for domestic sales or foreign trade.