The new ICO Annual Review 2023/24 is now available and highlights key achievements and challenges facing the global coffee sector. This edition underscores the Organization’s strengthened role in international coffee diplomacy, notably through its observer status at the United Nations General Assembly, and its active engagement in shaping the Global Coffee Fund initiative led by the G7. These milestones reflect the ICO’s growing influence in global sustainability and trade policy.

We are thrilled to welcome Ms Hannelore Beerlandt to the ICO Secretariat as the incoming Head of Operations (HOO). In the next few weeks, she will work closely with the outgoing HOO, Mr Gerardo Patacconi, to ensure a smooth transition.

With a solid background in international cooperation and extensive expertise in agricultural value chains, Ms Beerlandt brings invaluable experience to the role. She will officially assume her responsibilities following the 139th Session of the International Coffee Council to be held in March 2025. The Executive Director and the entire team are eager to work with Ms Beerlandt to further advance and advocate the ICO’s mission.

In December 2024, ICO Executive Director Vanúsia Nogueira participated in the #CONEXIONVERDE+ event and field mission in Brazil, organized under the AL-INVEST Verde programme. Funded by the European Union, this initiative promotes sustainable growth and job creation across 12 Latin American countries by fostering collaboration between the public and private sectors. Beginning in Belém do Pará, the Executive Director delivered remarks at the opening session and contributed to a panel on EUDR traceability experiences.

Some mission highlights included visits to coffee and cocoa farms in Linhares and São Gabriel da Palha, showcasing Brazil’s commitment to sustainability and innovation. The ICO extends its gratitude to AL-INVEST Verde and the Espírito Santo State Government for an insightful and impactful mission.

Coffee Sustainability Support Database: New platform gathers sustainability projects from across the global coffee sector. Meet this interactive digital platform designed to enhance transparency, collaboration, and strategic alignment across sustainability initiatives in the global coffee sector.

Watch the recording of the Coffee Development Report (CDR) 2022–23 launch webinar, “Beyond Coffee: Towards a Circular Economy in Coffee,” to explore how circular economy practices and regenerative agriculture can help close income gaps, reduce waste, and create a more sustainable future for the coffee industry. Now available on the International Coffee Organization’s YouTube channel.

The ICO is delighted to announce the launch of our flagship Coffee Development Report (CDR) 2022–23, “Beyond Coffee: Towards a Circular Coffee Economy”, an in-depth examination of the circular economy’s transformative potential within the coffee sector. Produced through landmark collaboration with the International Trade Centre (ITC), the Centre for Circular Economy in Coffee (C4CEC), Lavazza Foundation, and Politecnico di Torino, with contributions from University College London, this CDR edition reflects the work of a diverse global multi-stakeholder group under the ITC Coffee Guide Network.

With International Coffee Day 2024 taking place on 1 October, the International Coffee Organization invites all the coffee value chain stakeholders to Embrace Collaboration for Collective Action with the Message “Coffee: your daily ritual, our shared journey”

On 5 September 2024, the ICO’s Coffee Public-Private Task Force hosted an online webinar titled “Towards a Living & Prosperous Income in Mexico.” The event featured a dialogue (in Spanish language) highlighting collaborative efforts between the Government of Mexico, the CPPTF, and key partners. The session explored the progress made in addressing the living income gap in Mexico’s coffee-producing regions, including the 2021 Living Income study with CEGAM and the Anker Research Institute, as well as the 2022 cost analysis with the Committee on Sustainability Assessment (COSA).

The ICO, UNIDO and partners,  have published the report “Sustainability & Resilience of the Global Value Chain: Towards a Coffee Investment vehicle”. Read the press release announcing the leading new concrete efforts to foster sustainability in the Coffee Global Value Chain (C-GVC). 

The ICO Composite Indicator Price (I-CIP) averaged 324.62 US cents/lb in September 2025, a 9.3% increase from August 2025. The I-CIP posted a median value of 323.44 US cents/lb and fluctuated between 298.14 and 360.74 US cents/lb. The I-CIP followed a clear upward trend throughout the month of September until the mid-month mark, before correcting itself. The September 2025 I-CIP is above the September 2024 I-CIP by 25.4%, with the 12-month rolling average at 306.62 US cents/lb.

World coffee exports amounted to 11.35 million bags in August 2025, compared with 11.79 million in August 2024. Exports in the first eleven months of coffee year 2024/25 (October 2024 to August 2025) increased by 0.2% to 127.92 million bags compared to 127.68 million bags in the same period in 2023/24. In the twelve months ending August 2025, exports of Arabica totalled 84.77 million bags compared to 83.62 million bags last year; whereas Robusta exports amounted to 54.44 million bags compared to 53.19 million bags.