A deadly earthquake has struck Colombia’s key coffee-growing and logistics regions, with the death toll surpassing 180 and the government declaring an economic emergency. Roads, bridges, tunnels, mills, and port facilities are still being assessed, and some transportation and shipping operations have already been suspended or restricted.

Buenaventura — Colombia’s main Pacific gateway and the country’s primary coffee export hub — is currently inaccessible as officials’ complete infrastructure inspections. ASOEXPORT reports that coffee exports have been largely halted as a result. Asoexport’s Gustavo Gomez as saying “Coffee operations are currently paused. There may be some isolated operations, but at the moment the operation for exporting coffee has stopped.”

Colombia’s coffee supply chain was already tight, and these disruptions are likely to add further delays in moving coffee to port and scheduling shipments. On balance, the impact looks likely to be contained to logistics delays and destination availability issues rather than a hit to the underlying balance sheet — but we’re monitoring closely and will share updates as the picture develops.

I- CIP jolted and recovered, but still lacks clear direction
Green Coffee Price
• ICO Composite Indicator Price (I-CIP) averaged 335.76 US cents/lb in April 2025, a 3.5% decrease from March 2025.
• Colombian Milds’ and Other Milds’ prices both decreased by 2.7% and 2.8% compared to March 2025, averaging
394.14 and 392.84 US cents/lb, respectively in April 2025. The Brazilian Naturals depreciated, decreasing by 3.6% to 378.27 US cents/lb in April 2025. The Robustas retracted 4.4% to 246.39 US cents/lb.
• Colombian Milds–Other Milds differential expanded from 0.95 to 1.30 US cents/lb between March 2025 and April 2025.
• Arbitrage, as measured between the London and New York futures markets, further retracted 0.3% to 134.67 US cents/lb in April 2025.
• London certified stocks of Robusta coffee decreased by 3.1% from March 2025 to April 2025, closing the month at
0.71 million bags. Certified stocks of Arabica coffee followed an opposite and stronger trend, expanding to 0.85
million 60-kg bags, a 6.4% increase versus March 2025.
Read more: https://www.ico.org/documents/cy2024-25/cmr-0425-e.pdf?mc_cid=54bf548d68&mc_eid=68a8773f4e

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I-CIP closes 2024 up 40%, averaging 229.34 US cents/lb.
Green Coffee Price
• The ICO Composite Indicator Price (I-CIP) averaged 299.61 US cents/lb. in December, a 10.7% increase from November 2024.
• The Colombian Milds and Other Milds increased by 11.4% and 12.6%, reaching 341.00 and 343.34 US cents/lb, respectively, in December 2024.
• The Colombian Milds–Other Milds differential shrank from 1.24 to -2.34 US cents/lb. between November and December 2024.
• The arbitrage, as measured between the London and New York futures markets, expanded 44.9% to
90.72 US cents/lb in December 2024, marking its highest point in 27 months.
• The intra-day volatility of the I-CIP grew by 4.6 percentage points, averaging 14.1% in December 2024.
• The London certified stocks of Robusta coffee increased by 13.3% from November to December 2024, closing the month at 0.73 million bags. Certified stocks of Arabica coffee followed the same trend, going up to 1.03 million 60-kg bags, a 7.8% increase versus November 2024. Read more: https://www.ico.org/documents/cy2024-25/cmr-1224-e.pdf?mc_cid=c38d8a27cc&mc_eid=68a8773f4e