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Yunnan Coffee Industry suffers from growth difficulties

Published: 2026-04-27 Author: World Gafei

Last Updated: 2026/04/27, On July 9, a Yunnan flower enterprise and Pu'er City Investment Company set up the project team of "Yunnan Coffee Trading Center" in Pu'er City. Three days later, on July 12, more than 20 coffee enterprises set up a preparatory committee for Yunnan Coffee spot Trading Center in Kunming.

Li Gongqin, secretary general of Yunnan Coffee Industry Association, told reporters that although it is not known whether a third or more "Yunnan Coffee Trading institutions" will set up preparatory groups, the enthusiasm of building "Yunnan Coffee Trading institutions" has been seen slightly.

Some people began to question: "A house-building enterprise and a flower company to set up a Yunnan coffee trading center, this will take Yunnan coffee to where?"

For a time, where should Yunnan coffee trading institutions be built? It is becoming a difficulty for the growth of Yunnan coffee industry.

In recent years, the coffee industry in Yunnan has developed rapidly. Up to now, the planting area of coffee in Yunnan has exceeded 1.5 million mu, and is still expanding. According to normal estimates, the total output of coffee in Yunnan will exceed 120000 tons during the 2014-2015 harvest season. With the continuous expansion of coffee planting area and the continuous increase of output, Yunnan coffee industry has begun to take shape. However, Yunnan coffee industry still faces many problems.

It is understood that coffee cultivation in Yunnan has a history of more than 100 years, but the growth of coffee industry is not smooth, through more than 60 years of ups and downs. Since 2008, Yunnan coffee has gradually moved towards branding and intensive processing. China's coffee consumption has entered a stage of rapid development, and the planting area has grown from more than 300,000 mu in 2008 to more than 1.5 million mu at present.

Xiong Xiangren, president of Yunnan Coffee Industry Association, said in an interview with our reporter that in the next 10 years, China is expected to become a major coffee consumer in the world, and China's total coffee consumption is expected to exceed 1 million tons.

According to Xiong Xiangren, the development of Yunnan coffee industry, generally speaking, started relatively late, compared with the development of coffee industry in other countries, it is still in the initial stage of development. Over the years, the development of Yunnan coffee industry is lack of standardization and guidance, and has always been lack of discourse and pricing power. In order to better promote the development of Yunnan coffee industry, in the past two years, Yunnan coffee industry participants have made active efforts to promote the construction of Yunnan coffee spot trading center.

Hu Lu, deputy secretary general of Yunnan Coffee Industry Association, told reporters that in 2013, Yunnan coffee suffered early drought and later frost disasters, resulting in huge losses. Learn from the bitter experience, coffee industry participants actively take action, while actively studying the Yunnan coffee collection and storage mechanism, while actively promoting the construction of Yunnan coffee spot trading center.

In 2014, the construction of Yunnan coffee spot trading center with collection and storage function has been highly concerned by everyone, and the active construction of Yunnan coffee spot trading center has also become the consensus of Yunnan coffee industry participants.

Recently, where should Yunnan coffee trading institutions be built? All the major producing areas are fighting for it, and the coffee industry in Yunnan is suffering from the difficulties of growth. Where is Yunnan Coffee Road?

With the growth of Yunnan coffee industry and the domestic and international trade demand of Yunnan coffee, the construction of Yunnan coffee trading organization has become a consensus.

Since 2013, Yunnan Coffee Industry Association has actively promoted the construction of Yunnan Coffee spot Trading Center in order to meet the needs of the development of Yunnan coffee industry and to promote the healthy development of Yunnan coffee industry.

Due to various reasons, the construction of Yunnan Coffee spot Trading Center has been inconclusive.

The reporter learned from the meeting held jointly by Yunnan Coffee Industry Association and Yunnan Fine Coffee Society on July 16, 2014, enterprise representatives from Yunnan coffee industry reached a consensus on the construction of Yunnan coffee spot trading center: Yunnan coffee spot trading center should be built in Kunming, coffee industry should be in accordance with the market law, coffee enterprises and coffee industry participants to control the fate.

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