Brief History and present situation of Coffee production

A brief History of Coffee production

In 1742, coffee was introduced to El Salvador from the Caribbean (1740).

In the mid-19th century, El Salvador's original export pillar indigo (Indigo, a kind of dye) industry received a gradual decline in the development of synthetic dyes in Europe, and coffee gradually became the main export product under the leadership of the government.

In 1856, the first 693 bags of coffee beans were shipped to Europe. Europe was El Salvador's most important coffee customer until World War II, which was replaced by the United States after World War II.

In the 1970s, El Salvador produced a record 350000 bags of coffee. As the civil war intensified, the coffee industry was in turmoil.

Coffee production in El Salvador was once influenced by the domestic political situation. In 1992, the parties signed a peace agreement and the civil war was suspended. The coffee industry began to recover.

Present situation of coffee production

Natural and man-made disasters are the most appropriate description of the challenges facing the coffee industry in El Salvador. Despite getting rid of the haze of war, El Salvador's coffee production still faces challenges from time to time, including: 1998, hurricanes; 2001, earthquake; 2002, volcanic eruption; 2012, leaf rust, storm; and so on.

Despite the challenges, El Salvador maintained a high coffee production, and according to ICO Coffee International, total coffee production in El Salvador remained at the Top15 level among ICO member countries from 2008 to 2012. In 2013, affected by the leaf rust disaster, 70% of the farms in China were infected, and the output dropped sharply by about 40%, falling to 16.