Advt'Coffee prices rise more quickly than they fall'AdvtAdvtSlower rate of price increasesAdvtJoin the community of 2M+ industry professionals. But the added costs are mostly still filtering through supply chains and have yet to reach consumers, according to brokers, traders and industry experts.High US retail coffee prices have, in other words, been driven mostly by ‌last year's coffee bean ‌supply shortages, which spurred a doubling in raw bean prices in the 12 months to March. Also, since Trump's tariff reversal, raw ⁠bean prices have fallen just 6 per cent. "Coffee prices rise more quickly than they fall," said Steven Walter Thomas, the CEO of mid-sized, US-based importer Lucatelli Coffee, pointing to the muted price reaction since the tariff removal.Trump's tariff rollback is, however, slowing down the rate of price increases near term.In late November, days after the tariffs on Brazilian coffee imports were removed, J.M. "(Raw bean) prices are elevated, the consumer doesn't realise this, they think only about the tariff."

Source: Economic Times December 21, 2025 08:53 UTC