Romania imported 13.791 tonnes of coffee in 2017, less than Bulgaria, Greece or Slovenia

Romania imported in 2017 13,791 tonnes of coffee, less than Bulgaria, Slovenia and Greece and more than Austria, Czech Republic and Ireland. Overall, the European Union imported nearly three million tonnes of coffee in 2017, data released by Eurostat on Monday shows.

In 2017, the EU imported 5 percent more coffee than 2008, and the total value of coffee imports stood at EUR 8.8 billion, the data published by the Eurostat shows.

Romania imported in 2017 13.791 tonnes, less than the 23,725 tonnes imported by Bulgaria, 16,526 tonnes imported by Slovenia and the 15,812 tonnes imported by Greece. Romania imported more coffee than Austria, the Czech Republic, Croatia, Ireland and Cyprus.

The member states with the biggest imports were Germany (with 1.1 million tonnes imported, or 37 percent of the EU imports) and Italy (552 000 tonnes, 19 percent), followed by Belgium (268 000 tonnes, 9 percent), Spain (239 000 tonnes, 8 percent), France (217 000 tonnes, 7 percent) and the United Kingdom (161 000 tonnes, 6 percent).

Brazil and Vietnam were the biggest non-EU importers of coffee to the countries in the bloc, with 840 000 tonnes, namely 29 percent and 627 000 tonnes, namely 23 of the total, respectively. They were followed by Honduras, with 211 000 tonnes, representing 7 percent, Colombia with 188 000 tonnes, representing 6 percent, Uganda, with 149 000 tonnes, representing 5 percent, India, with 148 000 tonnes, representing 5 percent), Indonesia, with 141 000 tonnes, representing 5 percent) and Peru with 119 000, representing 4 percent).