Market reports
Independent analysis of the Kenyan coffee market, based on Nairobi Coffee Exchange auction results. Each report can be saved as a PDF.
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Who buys Kenyan coffee? Buyer concentration at the auction
A handful of exporters buy most of Kenya's auction coffee, and their combined share grew between 2015 and 2020. Their average prices show very different strategies.
Kenya coffee prices by county and grower type
Coffee from Kirinyaga earns the highest average price at the auction, followed by Embu, Bungoma and Murang'a. Cooperative factories out-earn estates on average, largely because they sell more top grades.
Kenya coffee auction review, 2015–2020
Six seasons of Nairobi Coffee Exchange results show prices peaking in 2016/17, collapsing in 2018/19 and recovering in 2019/20, while the premium for top grades widened sharply.
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