A key factor contributing to this challenge is the EU and Spain’s prioritization of new Free Trade Agreements (FTAs), particularly with Mexico and the Mercosur bloc in 2025.
According to the General Department of Customs, coffee export turnover in the first half of the year reached $2.3 billion, a 48.5 per cent increase year-on-year. However, as inflation has hit many countries around the world and international currencies have been weakened, coffee prices have fallen since the beginning of July, signaling that export turnover in the second half of the year will likely decline.