Cotti Coffee Strikes Deal With Rwanda To Boost Production And Exports To China – CoffeeTalk

Rwanda has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Cotti Coffee, a Chinese coffee value chain investor, to boost Rwanda’s coffee production and export market in China. The Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources announced the MoU on June 6. Agriculture minister Mark Cyubahiro Bagabe signed the MoU on behalf of the government. Rwanda’s organic honey and new specialty coffee made their debut at the seventh China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai last November, opening doors for Rwandan companies to tap into one of the world’s largest consumer markets. China is a significant coffee market, both for production and consumption, with an estimated coffee export volume of around 845,000 60-kilogram bags in the 2024/25 crop year. The country’s coffee industry is also experiencing rapid growth, with Yunnan Province leading in production and exports, exporting 32,500 tonnes of coffee in 2024, marking a 358 percent year-on-year increase.

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