The International Coffee Organization (ICO) has launched its Coffee Market Intelligence Platform, a free-to-view interactive tool that combines daily market indicators and data on monthly trade, annual production and consumption. Producers, traders, policymakers, journalists and other stakeholders can explore the key elements of the global coffee market together, with relevant statistics all available in one place.

The platform was unveiled at a press conference in Geneva, Switzerland, during the 142nd Session of the International Coffee Council and ahead of the first UN-recognised International Coffee Day on 1 October. The launch took place alongside a presentation of the ICO’s “Coffee Is Part of the Solution” campaign, which highlights progress on sustainability in the coffee sector.

Coffee-market information has traditionally been dispersed across different publications, databases and commercial services.

“Good data cannot eliminate volatility, but it can reduce uncertainty. When stakeholders work from a shared and credible evidence base, they can make better decisions about production, investment, trade, risk management and sustainability,” said Vanúsia Nogueira, executive director of the ICO.

The new platform makes coffee statistics more accessible by bringing key datasets together. It includes the daily ICO Composite Indicator Price (I-CIP) and its four group indicators, New York and London futures prices, monthly exchange-certified stocks, detailed trade data and country-by-country trade flows, as well as annual production and consumption data.

Presented on an interactive 3D globe rather than in static tables, the platform makes current-year statistics freely accessible, allowing anyone from cooperative managers to journalists to read the market as a single interconnected system – a one-stop shop for coffee data.

“Coffee provides livelihoods for at least 12.5 million families and supports a complex global value chain. Better access to credible information may also support farmers with investments in land or processing machines, for example”, added Vanúsia.

Export data comes primarily from ICO Members. Under the International Coffee Agreement, exporting countries issue a Certificate of Origin for every shipment and report monthly export statistics to the Secretariat. Importing countries, on the other hand, report imports, re-exports and inventories. These figures are cross-checked against partner-country customs data and, for non-member countries, against published national records and international trade databases.

Production and consumption figures combine official national estimates with the Secretariat’s own estimations, reconciled through a supply-demand balance so that each country’s figures are internally consistent. Where a country cannot yet supply a series, the ICO estimates it from Certificates of Origin, partner data and industry sources.

The platform’s dashboards are available free of charge to all users, providing visibility of current-year prices and stock data, as well as aggregated trade and production statistics for both the current- and previous years. ICO Members also have free access to historical data dating back to 1963 and relevant information may be provided to intergovernmental organisations and academic researchers upon request. Commercial organisations requiring detailed historical data or bulk datasets can purchase an annual statistical subscription.