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CONAB Brazil Crop Surveys · USDA PSD World Balance Sheet
May 2026

CONAB Brazil — Crop Survey Update

Brazil Total
66.2M
CONAB 26/27 1st Survey · +9.7M YoY
Arabica
44.1M
66.6% of Brazil total · 26/27 1st Survey
Conilon
22.1M
33.4% of Brazil total · 26/27 1st Survey

Stacked bars: arabica (gold) + conilon (teal) = Brazil total per survey wave. Dotted line = prior crop year (2025) total for reference. Source: CONAB Portal de Informações Agropecuárias.

Survey Progression — Current and Prior Crop Year

Crop YearSurveyArabica (M bags)Conilon (M bags)Total (M bags)% Conilon
26/271st Survey44.1M22.1M66.2M33.4%
25/261st Survey34.7M17.1M51.8M33.1%
25/262nd Survey37.0M18.7M55.7M33.6%
25/263rd Survey35.2M20.1M55.2M36.3%
25/264th Survey35.8M20.8M56.5M36.7%

Brazil — Arabica vs Conilon Historical Trend

Annual Brazil coffee production by species. Conilon's rising share reflects expanded planting in Espírito Santo and Rondônia as well as structural arabica/conilon area shifts. Source: CONAB SerieHistórica (SerieHistoricaCafe.txt).

USDA 25/26 Forecast — Jun vs Dec Revision

Total Production
178.8M
Dec forecast: 178.8M · +0.2M vs Jun
Arabica Production
95.5M
Dec forecast: 95.5M · 1.5M vs Jun
Robusta Production
83.3M
Dec forecast: 83.3M · +1.7M vs Jun
Ending Stocks
20.1M
Dec forecast: 20.1M · 2.7M vs Jun

Key Country Detail — Dec Forecast with Jun→Dec Change

CountryTotal ProdChangeArabicaChangeRobustaChangeEnding StocksChange
Brazil63.0M2.0M38.0M2.9M25.0M+0.9M0.5M1.2M
Vietnam30.8M0.2M1.2M+0.2M29.6M0.4M0.4M0.5M
Colombia13.8M+1.3M13.8M+1.3M0.0M+—1.0M+0.5M
Ethiopia11.6M+—11.6M+—0.0M+—0.1M+—
Indonesia12.4M+1.2M1.4M+—11.0M+1.2M0.7M0.3M

Dec forecast vs Jun forecast. Negative change = USDA revised estimate lower. Ending stocks revisions are the most price-sensitive signal — a cut to ending stocks tightens the supply balance even when production is unchanged. Source: USDA FAS PSD Online.

USDA PSD — World Coffee Balance Sheet

World Stocks-to-Use: 11.6%Historically tight 0th percentile
World Stocks-to-Use
11.6%
Historically tight · 25/26
World Production
179M
Thousand 60-kg bags · 25/26 USDA est.

World ending stocks ÷ world domestic consumption. 20-year window. Lower = tighter supply, more price-sensitive to shocks. Gold dashed line = 20-year average. Source: USDA FAS Production, Supply & Distribution.

Top 5 producing countries by market year. Source: USDA FAS PSD, all country estimates.

Country Production — Million 60-kg bags (USDA PSD)

Market YearBrazil— Arabica— RobustaVietnamColombiaEthiopiaIndonesiaWorld Total
25/2663.0M38.0M25.0M30.8M13.8M11.6M12.4M178.8M
24/2565.0M44.0M21.0M29.0M14.8M11.1M10.7M175.3M
23/2466.3M44.9M21.4M27.6M12.8M9.1M8.2M169.3M
22/2362.6M39.8M22.8M28.3M10.7M7.3M10.7M164.4M
21/2258.1M36.4M21.7M31.6M11.8M8.2M10.6M165.0M
20/2169.9M49.7M20.2M29.0M13.4M7.6M10.7M176.5M
19/2060.5M42.0M18.5M31.3M14.1M7.5M10.7M169.0M
18/1966.5M49.7M16.8M30.4M13.9M7.3M10.6M175.9M