Coffee orders by Russia from Indonesia between January and May 2025 have eclipsed corresponding 2024 imports by 10 times.
A July 30, 2025 report reveals that coffee shippers in Indonesia earned $33.4 million from dispatches to Russia in these five months. This is versus $3.4 million in a mirror timeline in 2024.
Shipments from Russia’s third biggest traditional coffee origin occasionally break records, the last of which in 2017 at $27 million.
According to Statistic-Russia, Indonesia represents around 11% of the national coffee imports, behind Brazil at 19% and Vietnam at 29%.
This proportion might improve considerably in 2025 after the latest record upswung Russia as the 9th biggest coffee destination for Indonesia.
Conversely, Jakarta exports 60% of all the coffee it produces. The top three destinations include the U.S., India and Egypt, in descending order by volume.
In the January-May 2025 marketing period, the U.S. ordered the highest amount at $159.8 million, nearly 6 times that of Russia.
But unlike Russia, the United States proposes a 19% import tax for Indonesia despite reports indicating coffee and cocoa could eventually escape tariffs.
Russia may pounce upon the tariff issue to ship in more of Indonesia’s signature variety, namely Robusta (Coffea canephora var. robusta).
Indeed, almost all January-May 2025 orders at $33 million were Robusta, even as Arabica raked in $423,000.
Robusta is also currently a more attractive prospect for importers than Arabica, whose international rates peaked at $3 a pound this July.
Since it exports mainly unprocessed green beans composite of 80% Robusta, Indonesia’s coffee rates are historically usually manageable.
Russia is especially keen on price and relies mainly on Vietnam where per-tonne rates sometimes are 50% those of Brazil. In 2010, for instance, while Vietnam sold coffee to Russia at $2,158 a tonne, Brazil averaged $4,282 and Indonesia $2,401. And as the following data shows, agreeable trade perks inform coffee imports by Russia from Indonesia.
Statistics on Russia Coffee Imports from Indonesia
Russia counts Indonesia as its third largest coffee origin for mainly green Robusta beans. It imports around 11% of its coffee annually from its southeast Asia trade ally in inconsistent quantities. To show the inconsistency, the yearly imports in the 2010-12 period were as follows: 36,964 tonnes (t) in 2010, 11,487 t in 2011 and 16,988 t in 2012. The same fluctuation applies to the import value, which ranges from double digit to single digit million dollars. For instance, in the first five months of 2017, the value hit $17 million, then slumped to $3.4 million in 2024. The annual returns then magically revamped to $33.4 million in 2025.
What defines Indonesia’s coffee in world markets like Russia?
Indonesia’s export coffee represents 60% of domestic production. It ships as unprocessed Robusta at 8 times ratio vis-á-vis Arabica. In the Russia context, 99% or $33 million of the total import value worth $33.4 million between January and May 2025 were all Robusta. Another defining element is the specialty coffee known as kopi luwak, which sells at premium in mainly Western markets. There is also a premium Arabica/Robusta blend known as Aceh Gayo that also ends up in specialty markets.
How does Indonesia rate in coffee pricing in Russia?
Data from Statistic-Russia for 2010-12 shows that Indonesia’s coffee prices are relatively moderate for Russia’s importers. In 2010, for instance, Russia imported coffee from Indonesia at $2,401/tonne, the second lowest after Vietnam’s $2,152. In comparison, Italy origin imports into Russia clocked $8,730 a tonne while those from Peru $4,965.