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Lower Global Coffee Prices Cut Cameroon’s Export Revenue 17.6% in Q1 2026
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Shipments of raw cotton, bananas, and household soap posted gains, while coffee export revenue declined by CFA900 million from a year earlier.
Arabica falls 17.4%, robusta drops 31.5%The decline in Cameroon's coffee export revenue coincided with a sharp easing in global prices.
Global coffee production is forecast to reach about 179 million bags during the 2025-2026 marketing year, an increase of nearly 2%.
Those forecasts remain vulnerable to weather conditions and crop diseases in Brazil, which accounts for more than one-third of global coffee production.
In March 2026, the country's export commodity price index fell 10.6% year over year, mainly because of lower cocoa and coffee prices.