Costa Rica: Coffee Annual

  |   Attaché Report (GAIN)   |   CS2025-0010
FAS/San José projects marketing year 2025/2026 coffee production to decline by 10 percent as a result of the effects of the biennial coffee production cycle, after a high production year in 2024/2025. Other persistent challenges such as labor shortages, a relatively strong local currency, and changing weather patterns are also expected to affect production. The U.S. share of Costa Rican coffee exports declined in MY 2023/2024, while exports to the European Union increased.

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