Yunnan coffee output reached 139000 tons at the end of the annual coffee harvest season.

The huge consumption potential of China's coffee market obviously gives Yunnan coffee industry great confidence. Figures show that China's annual per capita coffee consumption is only 4 cups, even in Beijing, Shanghai, each person's annual consumption is only 20 cups, far lower than Taiwan's 40 cups, South Korea's 240 cups, Japan's 200 cups, and the United States and other European countries compared to the level of about 400 cups is a big difference, the future coffee consumption market potential is huge. "As far as the domestic market is concerned, even if the planting area of Yunnan coffee reaches more than 2.8 million mu, in the face of the fast-growing market, there will still be a situation of supply exceeding demand." Hu Lu said.

However, Li Gongqin still called on government departments to continue to increase support for the coffee industry. "Under the condition that the market situation continues to be depressed, it is difficult to guarantee the enterprise nature of coffee farmers only by relying on enterprises or markets, which will eventually bring adverse impact on the healthy development of Yunnan coffee industry. Relevant departments should strengthen policy and fund support, start from planting, processing and other links, improve the overall quality of coffee in Yunnan, and effectively safeguard the interests of coffee farmers." Li Gongqin said that compared with the cold wave disaster, the impact of the market downturn can not be ignored. Li Gongqin told reporters that in the harvest season of 2015-2016, the average price of coffee beans purchased by enterprises from coffee farmers was between 13-14 yuan, and the market trade price was maintained at about 16 yuan. The depressed market situation led to low enthusiasm of enterprises or coffee farmers for picking. In Honghe, Baoshan and other places, abandoned mining and abandoned management still appeared, which also brought certain losses to the coffee output of the whole province.

In the view of Hu Lu, vice president of the provincial coffee industry association, although the harvest season output is lower than expected, and the market is relatively depressed, but the prospect of Yunnan coffee is still promising. "According to the current public information, Pu 'er and Lincang plan to stabilize the coffee planting area at about 1 million mu. According to this calculation, the coffee planting area of the whole province will reach 2.8 million mu by 2020. In addition, the coffee production of the whole province will enter the high yield period. It is estimated that the coffee production will reach 180,000 - 200,000 tons by then. At that time, Yunnan's important position in the main coffee production area in the world will be further enhanced." The reporter learned from the Coffee Industry Association of Yunnan Province that the coffee harvest season of 2015-2016 in the whole province has ended. Preliminary statistics show that the coffee output of the whole province has reached 139,000 tons, an increase of 21,000 tons compared with 118,000 tons in the harvest season of 2014-2015.

"Although the output of 139,000 tons has increased compared with the previous picking season, due to factors such as low temperature and cold wave disaster and depressed market price, there is still about 20,000 tons 'shrinkage' compared with the expected number." Li Gongqin, secretary-general of the provincial coffee industry association, said that at the beginning of this year, precipitation and cooling weather appeared in a large range in the province. Although the warning was timely, it still brought great losses to coffee, tea and other industries. As far as coffee industry is concerned, Pu 'er, Lincang and Wenshan are seriously affected, while Dehong and Baoshan are relatively well affected.