Exporting Guatemala Green Coffee Beans Changed in 2024

Purchasing Guatemala Green and Roasted Coffee Beans for decades has been a process of Coffee Shops and Roasters in the United States obtaining Coffee through Coffee Brokers, Fair Trade Orgs, Agents, and Middlemen sold under contracts or spot pricing.

Starbucks and Nescafe under contract with Guatemalan growers paid on average $1.50 per pound for Premium Green Beans.

For small to medium-sized US Coffee Shops and Roasters consuming 3,000-5,000 pounds per year of Green Beans and Roasted, the points below are limiting factors in accessing Guatemalan Coffee.

The problem with this business model is:

1. The growers earn less than the cost of production. Most do not make a profit.
2. Coffee Brokers, Fair Trade Orgs, Agents, and Middlemen are taking profits.
3. Buyers under contracts have large capital investments.
4. Buyers wait 6 to 8 weeks for coffee deliveries.
5. Buyers need to store quantities of coffee beans at their facilities.
6. Buyers never have access to Premium Coffees.
7. Buyers have limited access to the growers.

Exporting Guatemala Green Coffee Beans Changed in 2024

Ethical Fashion Guatemala is not a Coffee Broker, Fair Trade Org, Agent, 501 (NGO, or middleman. We are a licensed Importer and exporter of Artisan products, including Coffee from small to large Coffee Growers in the region of Lake Atitlan, Guatemala.

Our Business model for small to medium-sized US Coffee Shops and Roasters.

1. Direct access and contact with the grower producing the coffee you will purchase.
2. Shade-grown Arabica varieties: Bourbon, Caturra, Catuai, Typica, Maragogype, Pache & Pacamara.
3. Grade 1: Specialty Grade Coffee Beans. Grade 2: Premium Grade Coffee Beans: Same as Grade 1 except a maximum of 3 quakers. 0-8 full defects.
4. Coffees are full-washed, patio-dried, and growers process a certain quantity, using the natural or honey process method.
5. The buyer pays the grower directly.
6. Cupping samples are sent directly from the grower to the buyer by DHL in 4 days.
7. EFG ships 10-15-25-70-100 kilo sizes of coffee purchased from growers, delivered in five days to the Buyer.
8. EFG manages export permits; the buyer does not need brokers.
9. No large capital investments.
10. Agreements rather than contracts.
11. Order on Monday, Roasting on Saturday.
12. Coffee prices from the grower range from 4.90 cents per pound for Green Beans. This is up to the buyer and the grower to negotiate.
13. Shipping costs depend on the region of the US, $3.30- $4.00 per pound.
14. The delivered price of coffee and shipping on average is $9.00 per pound.
15. US retail prices for Roasted Guatemalan Coffee range from $15.00-$23.00 per pound.
16. Our model offers Roasters profit margins in the range of 60%-79%.
17. 2019 harvest 2 million pounds of coffee available.
18. EFG growers have remaining inventories of the 2018 Harvest for purchase.

Exporting Green and Roasted Coffee Beans requires an FDA Prior Notice for importation to the United States. EFG provides this permit free.

The Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 (the Bioterrorism Act) directs the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), as the food regulatory agency of the Department of Health and Human Services, to take additional steps to protect the public from a threatened or actual terrorist attack on the U.S. food supply and other food-related emergencies.

https://www.fda.gov/food/guidanceregulation/importsexports/importing/ucm2006836.htm

Exporting Green Coffee Beans to the United States requires the following permissions.

The first step in dry milling is the removal of what is left of the fruit from the bean, whether it is the crumbly parchment skin of wet-processed coffee, the parchment skin and dried mucilage of semi-dry-processed coffee, or the entire dry, leathery fruit covering of the dry-processed coffee.

Phytosanitary Certificate Issuance & Tracking System (PCIT)

EFG provides this permit per shipment at a fee of $25.00

PCIT system tracks the inspection of agricultural products and certifies compliance with the plant health standards of importing countries. This capability provides APHIS/PPQ with better security, reporting functions, and monitoring capabilities for exported commodities.

https://pcit.aphis.usda.gov/pcit/faces/signIn.jsf