October 21, 2026 — world coffee prices: trend reverses, slight decline.
As of the morning of October 21, the global coffee market reversed and traded slightly lower on international exchanges.
At the London Stock Exchange close, Robusta coffee prices reversed and fell slightly across the board. Specifically, the Robusta coffee futures contract for November 2026 delivery fell 2.12% (US$74/tonne) from the previous session to US$3,410/tonne; the January 2027 contract fell 1.61% (US$56/tonne) to US$3,424/tonne.
Similarly, at the New York Stock Exchange, Arabica coffee prices also fell in tandem. Specifically, the December 2026 contract fell 4.4 cents/lb to 311.3 cents/lb; the March 2027 contract also reversed, falling slightly 3.25 cents/lb to 299.0 cents/lb.
According to Reuters, farmers’ hedge selling, coupled with speculators’ profit-taking, weakened the upward momentum of the market during this morning’s trading session.
Meanwhile, according to the International Coffee Organization (ICO), global coffee production in 2025–2026 is expected to grow 4.4% from the previous year to a record 183.6 million bags. Of this, Arabica is expected to grow 2.8% to 104.4 million bags (60 kg each); Robusta is expected to grow 6.5% to 79.2 million bags.
Domestic coffee prices: unexpectedly sharp decline.
On the domestic market, today (October 21) coffee prices also reversed, falling sharply by 2,000 dong/kg from yesterday. Currently, Central Highlands coffee prices range between 91,200 and 91,800 dong/kg.
Specifically, today’s coffee price in Dak Lak province is 91,800 dong/kg, a sharp drop of 2,000 dong/kg from the previous trading day.
Similarly, Gia Lai province’s coffee price today is 91,800 dong/kg, also reversing the previous trend with a sharp drop of 2,000 dong/kg from yesterday.
Meanwhile, Lam Dong province’s coffee price today is 91,200 dong/kg, down 2,000 dong from the previous session, the lowest national price today.
According to the latest data from the Vietnam Coffee and Cocoa Association, in the 2025–2026 crop year Vietnam’s coffee exports reached about 1.8 million tonnes with export revenue of about US$8.5 billion, up 21% from 2024–2025 in volume and 1% in value — the highest export value in the industry’s history. Of this, green bean exports reached 1.65 million tonnes with revenue near US$7 billion, up 21.4% in volume but down 1.5% in value from 2024–2025.
Despite positive results, Vietnam’s 2025–2026 coffee production still faces many major challenges, such as rising agricultural input costs including fertilizers and labor, narrowing farmers’ actual profit margins; climate change causing extreme weather, unstable rainfall and sunshine, leading to a higher proportion of small beans in some Central Highlands areas during the fruit-development stage…
However, the 2025–2026 crop year also shows many positive signs, marking a significant shift of exported coffee products from green beans to instant coffee, refined coffee and blended coffee, with a series of high-tech factories invested in Binh Duong province and the Central Highlands provinces. Deep-processed product exports are expected to grow by double digits. Specifically, in 2025–2026 deep-processed coffee exports are expected to reach about 142,600 tonnes (unconverted) valued at about US$1.5 billion, with volume and value up about 15% and 14% respectively from 2024–2025.
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