Switzerland becomes Brazil's top coffee supplier

Switzerland has become Brazil's top coffee supplier in 2026 year-to-date, overtaking the partner that held the top spot in the same period last year. Between January and July, the country jumped from second to first place, with its market share nearly doubling versus 2025.

The ranking reshuffled

In the same period of 2025, Switzerland accounted for 29.0% of Brazil's coffee purchases, trailing another supplier at the top. This year that share climbed to 55.8%, and the value shipped rose from US$ 19.9 million to US$ 28.9 million — up 45.4%. The jump put Switzerland at #1 in the supplier ranking, a spot it had not held in at least a year.

Part of the move reflects how coffee trade routes through European re-trading hubs before reaching smaller Brazilian roasters — Switzerland works as a trading and blending center for volume that ends up recorded as Swiss-origin, even without meaningful domestic coffee production.

What this changes on the ground

For Brazilian roasters and importers relying on this channel, heavier concentration in a single supplier cuts into origin diversification. A logistics delay in Europe or a sharp currency move now weighs more on supply than it did a year ago, when purchases were split more evenly between two partners.

Holding over half of Brazil's import share for the product is a position few partners reach within such a short window, which also signals that long-term contracts with Swiss trading houses gained relative weight in Brazil's purchasing mix.

What to watch from here

Whether Switzerland holds a similar pace in the second half, or the concentration eases as the suppliers that lost ground respond on price, is worth tracking. Factors to monitor over the coming months: roasted-coffee stock levels at European re-trading hubs, transatlantic freight costs, and how the real moves against the Swiss franc and the US dollar.