Brazil’s coffee harvest reaches 89% helped by drier weather – Safras & Mercado

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The 2021/22 Brazilian coffee harvest reached 89% of planted area on Tuesday, representing an increase of 5 percentage points over the previous week and pushing the work toward completion, said Safras & Mercado consultants on Wednesday.

The pace of harvest is slightly behind the same period last year, when it reached 90% of the 5-year historical average for this time, Safras added.

Considering the consultancy’s projection for the country’s 2021/22 coffee crop, 56.5 million 60-kg bags, the harvest has now reached 50.45 million bags.

Safras & Mercado consultant Gil Barabach said in a note that the drier weather has favored the work, particularly in relation to Arabica coffee, whose harvest is “very active” and has already reached 83% of production.

Despite the boost, the harvest of the main variety of Arabica coffee produced in Brazil is still below both the same period last year, when it reached 86%, and the historical average for the period, 87%.

In the case of Conilon coffee, the harvest is now complete, in line with the historical average and with the previous harvest. Only occasional sweepings may still be needed, according to Safras & Mercado.

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