2001-2011

State of Korea’s Coffee Import

F rom Ja nu a r y 2 0 0 1 to S e pte m b e r 2011, coffee imported to Korea (green beans +coffee beans with and without caffeine) amounted to 980,263 tons and if subtracting from it the amount of exported coffee (12,560 tons), Korean drank coffee amounting to about 48.3 billion cups if we presume it takes 20g of coffee beans to make one cup of Americano (as of 2 shots).

The annual import of beans steadily increased from 75,000 tons in 2001 to over 110,000 tons last year, recording a 48 percent rise. The sum of imported coffee increased more dramatically by 414 percent from US$ 72 million to US$ 370 million during the same years. In 2011 also, the amount of imported coffee recorded 92,040 tons until September, reaching about the same level as the previous year.

※ Amount of coffee imported to Korea(Growing rate of coffee imported to Korea/unit: US$ 1,000, ton)

72,249 71,423 78,59796,074

140,604162,736

203,934

289,254276,284

371,612

461,761

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

75,186

80,23375,331

84,217

85,032 86,594 87,345

102,086

100,576

111,625

92,040

Annual amount of imported coffee (Green beans + Roasted beans / decaffeinated coffee)

weight

price

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The first issue of Monthly Coffee was published in October 2001 - it has since already been 10 years and how much did the Korean coffee market grow by 2011? Koreans have visibly become “coffeeholics” unable to live without coffee and it is easy to find a specialized coffee shop in Korea. To grasp how much coffee was imported to Korea and how much was exported in the last 10 years, we have examined their growth.

Q. How much coffee was imported to Korea in the last 10 years? A. Koreans drank about 48.3 billion cups of coffee in the last 10 years.

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Growth change of the domestic coffee imports

2010

Green beans(with caffeine)

98%

Green beans(without caffeine)

0.8%

Roasted beans(with caffeine)

4%Roasted beans

(without caffeine)0.2%

Totalamount111,625

Total

980,263Total

2,224,528

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(1) Green beansGreen beans imported to Korea over the last 10

years amounted to 97 percent of the total import of coffee. The import of green beans recorded steady growth from the change of consumption pattern from coffee and Robusta of various producing countries to Arabica and other various types due to the roasting fever in Korea. However, with the international rise in the coffee price, the cost of imported coffee increased from an average of US$ 860 per ton in 2001 to US$ 4,000 in 2011.

In contrast, the amount of decaffeinated green bean import is steadily decreasing because only a limited number of shops in Korea sell decaffeinated coffee and those selling the coffee import and use beans roasted abroad instead of roasting them in Korea.

(2) Roasted beansIf we look at the amount of roasted coffee beans

imported to Korea last year, it grew sevenfold

※ Amount of green bean import (with caffeine/unit: US$ 1,000, ton)

Period Weightofimportedgreenbeans Valueofimportedgreenbeans

2001 73,516 63,550

2002 78,212 61,142

2003 73,451 69,077

2004 80,427 83,443

2005 82,482 126,862

2006 83,990 143,682

2007 83,597 174,295

2008 97,039 248,731

2009 96,044 230,593

2010 106,384 313,128

2011 87,502 396,783

※ Amount of imported Roasted beans (with caffeine/unit: US$ 1,000, ton)

Period Weightofimportedroastedbeans Valueofimportedroastedbeans

2001 598 5,357

2002 721 6,784

2003 775 6,849

2004 870 8,203

2005 1,148 10,797

2006 1,567 15,427

2007 2,443 24,897

2008 3,012 35,477

2009 3,462 40,738

2010 4,323 52,968

2011 3,897 59,598from 2001 reaching about 4,300 tons in 2010. The growth of coffee shops in Korea has supported this increase of which the steady growth of global coffee chain shops played an important part. However, this is very little compared to the amount of imported green beans because of own roasting by Korean coffee franchise shops and the fever of roastery business startups in Korea.

2001

Green beans(with caffeine)

98%

Green beans(without caffeine)

1.1%

Totalamount75,186

Roasted beans(with caffeine)

0.8%Roasted beans(without caffeine)

0.1%

The number of coffee status (2001– 2011)

Green beans(without caffeine)

Roasted beans(with caffeine) Roasted beans

(without caffeine)

Green beans(with caffeine)

98%

Green beans(with caffeine)

98%

Roasted beans(without caffeine)Roasted beans

(with caffeine)

Green beans(without caffeine)

Weight of imported coffee (T) Value of imported coffee (US $1000)

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Q. From which country did Korea import coffee the most in the last 10 years?A. For green beans, Vietnam, Brazil, Colombia, Honduras, Indonesia and Peru, for coffee beans, the United States, Italy, Japan and Switzerland

State of coffee import by country(1) Green beans (except for decaffeinated)Countries that exported the largest amount

of green beans to Korea in the last 10 years were in the order of Vietnam, Brazil, Colombia, Honduras, Indonesia and Peru. These six countries accounted for about 91 percent of all imported green beans to Korea in the last 10 years. In particular, imported green beans from Vietnam in 2008 alone was twice the total amount of imported coffee beans in the last 10 years, showing amazing growth. Although

① 2001~2011 State of total import of green beans by country (Countries from which more than 100 tons of green beans were imported to Korea /unit: US$ 1,000, ton)

Vietnam 387,062 487,860 2008 (47,055)

Brazil 143,320 355,122 2010 (19,849)

Colombia 117,518 370,649 2010 (14,361)

Honduras 95,678 256,511 2010 (12,172)

Indonesia 63,249 64,937 2002 (16,606)

Peru 54,536 148,246 2008 (8,011)

Mexico 12,917 23,570 2004 (2,491)

Ethiopia 12,208 40,324 2010 (2,908)

Guatemala 10,056 39,287 2010 (5,096)

Thailand 8,921 4,116 2001 (8,629)

PapuaNew Guinea 7,474 19,400 2008 (1,766)

Costa Rica 7,205 23,643 2001 (1,546)

China 6,554 21,193 2009 (2,017)

El Salvador 4,636 10,011 2003 (1,403)

India 4,466 14,223 2011 (1,475)

Kenya 1,742 10,755 2009 (433)

Tanzania 1,632 5,661 2011 (385)

Japan 688 1,786 2007 (303)

Nicaragua 658 2,673 2010 (299)

Spain 338 821 2001 (218)

United States 310 1,905 2001 (131)

Nepal 204 1,043 2011 (124)

Timor 180 546 2009 (46)

Uganda 176 782 2011 (97)

Weight of imported green beans

Value of imported green beans

Year with the largest amount of import (weight)

② Import trends of green beans in the last three years (Countries from which more than 100 tons of green beans were imported to Korea/unit: US$ 1,000, ton)

Vietnam 33,349 33,632 28,776 95,757

Brazil 17,333 19,849 18,230 55,412

Colombia 13,733 14,361 13,214 41,308

Honduras 11,116 12,172 10,746 34,034

Peru 6,538 7,333 4,195 18,066

Indonesia 6,272 5,972 1,090 13,334

Guatemala 919 5,096 1,988 8,003

Ethiopia 1,886 2,908 2,659 7,453

China 2,017 578 1,562 4,157

Costa Rica 914 808 1,227 2,949

India 6 683 1,475 2,164

PapuaNew Guinea 750 1,174 129 2,053

Kenya 433 390 414 1,237

Mexico 305 284 258 847

Tanzania 175 187 385 747

Nicaragua 61 299 238 598

El Salvador 14 405 428 428

Nepal 38 19 124 181

Uganda 19 60 97 176

2009 2010 2011 Total WeightCountry

imported from

not on the top list, Korean consumers have also shown great interest in coffee from Nicaragua, El Salvador, India, Ethiopia, Kenya, Costa Rica, and Tanzania, which showed large growth rates. Though not in large amounts, coffee

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import from El Salvador, Uganda, Rwanda, Laos, Dominican Republic, Bolivia, Myanmar, and Panama also recently visibly increased. Countries that exported the most green beans to Korea last year or until September 2011 were Brazil, Colombia, Honduras, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Tanzania, Nicaragua, Nepal and Uganda.

(2) Roasted beans (except for decaffeinated)Countries which exported the largest

amount of coffee beans to Korea in the last 10 years were in the order of the United States, Italy, Japan, and Switzerland. Coffee beans exported from these four countries to Korea accounted for about 86 percent of total import. In particular, the amount of coffee beans imported from the United States in 2010 alone was three times that of Italy, the hometown of espresso, showing the popularity of coffee chain shops from the United States.

Data of many coffee bean expor ting countr ies s uch as S w i tz er l and, B raz i l , Germany and the United Kingdom, have not been calculated yet for 2011, but they have already recorded the highest amount of export to Korea until September 2011. If during the left months of 2011, import of coffee beans from the United States, Italy and Japan recovers the level of 2010, the amount of coffee bean import to Korea is expected to break the record of 2010 in 2011.

① 2001~2011 State of total import of coffee beans by country (Countries from which over 50 tons of coffee beans were imported to Korea/unit: US$ 1,000, ton)

United States 12,643 128,522 2010 (2,214)

Italy 4,133 52,537 2010 (773)

Japan 1,593 15,194 2010 (554)

Switzerland 1,334 35,958 2011 (373)

Brazil 634 5,989 2011 (404)

Germany 577 6,074 2011 (88)

Canada 326 3,142 2010 (41)

Australia 319 3,629 2010 (59)

United Kingdom 295 5,227 2011 (194)

Guatemala 134 1,899 2011 (134)

Colombia 127 1,263 2011 (83)

France 115 1,319 2011 (22)

Indonesia 92 726 2011 (54)

Vietnam 68 396 2008 (34)

Netherlands 62 763 2002 (12)

Poland 54 488 2008 (19)

Weight of imported coffee beans

Value of imported coffee beans

Year with the largest amount of import (weight)

② Import trends of coffee beans in the last three years (Of countries from which more than 30 tons of coffee beans were imported to Korea)

United States 2,050 2,214 1,558 5,822

Italy 620 773 622 2,015

Japan 306 554 190 1,050

Switzerland 215 340 373 928

Brazil 9 118 404 531

United Kingdom 26 41 194 261

Germany 69 86 88 243

Australia 49 59 39 147

Guatemala 0 0 134 134

Colombia 11 24 83 118

Canada 26 41 30 97

Indonesia 5 6 54 65

France 12 22 22 56

Mexico 0 0 32 32

Peru 0 0 30 30

2009 2010 2011 Total WeightCountry

imported from

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