KAMPALA, June 3 (Xinhua) -- Uganda's coffee export earnings surged by about 95 percent in the year ending April 2025 compared to the same period a year earlier, driven by higher global prices and strong domestic yields, the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry, and Fisheries said Monday.
Export revenues rose to 1.97 billion U.S. dollars in the 12 months to April 2025, up from 1.01 billion dollars in the previous year, the ministry said in a statement, adding that export volumes also increased, with Uganda shipping 7.17 million 60-kg bags of coffee, compared to 5.9 million bags a year earlier.
The ministry attributed the growth in volume to favorable harvests in Central and Southwestern Uganda, two of the country's major coffee-growing regions.
"The value of coffee exports was higher due to the high global coffee prices as dry conditions in Brazil and Vietnam, the world's largest producers of Arabica and Robusta coffee respectively, continue to fuel uncertainty of the global coffee supply," the ministry explained.
Officials also pointed to domestic and international initiatives as contributing factors to the boom in exports. "The high yields and exports were due to a domestic campaign where agricultural inputs were being distributed free of charge to coffee farmers, coupled with a comprehensive international campaign aimed at promoting Uganda's coffee," it said.
Top destinations for Uganda's coffee included Italy, Germany, Spain, India, Sudan, Belgium, China, Algeria, the United States, and Morocco.
The ministry noted that output is expected to rise further in the coming months, with the main harvest season currently underway in key coffee-producing areas. ■
