Prices Climb Steadily! Lincang Coffee Harvest Under Way

Golden October has ushered in the coffee-cherry harvest season across Lincang City. Since late October, cherries in the low-altitude main growing areas of Zhenkang, Yongde, Yunxian, Gengma and Shuangjiang counties have ripened in turn, and coffee bases have orderly launched cherry picking, purchasing and primary processing, kicking off the new season’s production and sales work. (Bangdong Village, Linxiang District, coffee picking.)

According to dynamic monitoring by the Municipal Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau, as of October 26, 2026, 14 fresh-cherry processing plants across 5 counties in Lincang have begun purchasing. This season’s farmgate price has climbed steadily, from 5 yuan/kg at the early stage of the harvest to 7 yuan/kg. To date, the city has cumulatively purchased 1,200 tons of cherries, processed 220 tons of parchment coffee, and paid growers more than 6 million yuan for their cherries—tangibly lifting incomes in the producing areas. (Yunjia Coffee Manor begins purchasing.)

Based on a comprehensive reading of international Arabica spot and futures price trends, Lincang’s coffee market currently shows a healthy picture of strong production and sales, stable prices and high quality. Commercial-grade cherry prices are expected to hold around 7 yuan/kg later in the season; specialty varieties, leveraging their superior quality, are gaining premium pricing, steadily pushing the city’s coffee industry toward an upgrade into specialty coffee and gradually raising the specialty ratio.

It is reported that Lincang’s coffee growing areas will enter a concentrated harvest peak in early November, with cherries hitting the market in volume and processing capacity at all plants fully unleashed. A comprehensive forecast puts total cherry purchases for the season at around 150,000 tons, driving fresh-cherry sales income for coffee-farming households past 1.2 billion yuan, and injecting strong momentum into the city’s efforts to improve quality and efficiency across tropical specialty crops and empower rural industrial revitalization. (Source: Lincang Municipal Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau; Editor: Fu Yuangang; Reviewer: Yang Wei)