Cambodia spends over $70M on coffee bean imports

Cambodia spends more than US$70 million annually importing green coffee beans from abroad to meet domestic demand, with Vietnam and Thailand among key suppliers.

Coffee beans in a bag

Dup Piseth, President of the Cambodia Coffee Association, said the country imported 12,000 tonnes of coffee beans in 2025 at an average price of around $6,000 per tonne, bringing the total import bill to more than $70 million.

According to the Cambodian Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, the country imports around 10,000 tonnes of coffee annually, mainly from Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, France, Italy, the U.S., Malaysia, Singapore, the Republic of Korea and Australia.

Khim Finan, spokesperson for the ministry, said Cambodia harvested 1,333 tonnes of coffee in 2025 from 563 hectares, out of a total national coffee growing area of 705 hectares. Average yield stood at 2.36 tonnes per hectare.

Also in 2025, Cambodia exported 601 tonnes of coffee beans to Estonia, China, Japan and Russia.