The Coffee Guide provides detailed information to support those working in the coffee industry (such as exporters, importers, and coffee authorities) as well as those involved in working with the coffee industry (like commercial banks, customs authorities and shipping companies).
This online version is based on the book, “Coffee – An Exporter’s Guide” – often referred to as the Exporter’s Coffee Guide or just the Coffee Guide. It was first published in 1992 and again in 2002 in an updated version.
A third edition of the Coffee Guide book is to be published in early 2012 and will be available to download and purchase in print from this website via ITC’s e-shop.
In the 14 chapters of this online version of the Coffee Guide you will find over 500 so-called text boxes of information on trade practices relating to exporting coffee. The information covers international coffee contracts (Europe and United States), logistics, insurance, dispute resolution, futures markets, risk management and hedging, trade financing and collateral management issues and also statistics and comments. The guide also covers coffee quality with a special emphasis on quality control issues as well as outlining new trends in the coffee trade such as electronic commerce, niche markets, organic and fair trade labeling, codes of conduct and environmental issues.
The Questions & Answers service on this website has posted over 240 detailed answers to questions from its users – primarily from coffee producing countries. The interactive Q&A service is temporarily not offered.
The entire website is available in English, French, and Spanish.