Russia’s instant coffee exports reach record $155 million in H1 2026
Russia exported about 23,000 tonnes of coffee extracts and essences worth more than $155 million in the first half of 2026. Shipments rose 13% by volume and 23% by value year on year, setting a first-half record.
Exports set first-half records by volume and value
Russia exported about 23,000 tonnes of coffee extracts and essences worth more than $155 million in the first half of 2026, according to estimates reported by Agroexport. The result was the country’s highest for the first six months of a calendar year in both physical and monetary terms.
Compared with the same period of 2025, export volume increased by 13%, while revenue rose by 23%. The faster growth in value than in tonnage indicates an increase in average export proceeds per tonne, although the available data do not identify whether this reflected prices, changes in product mix or differences between destination markets.
The new figures exceeded the previous first-half benchmarks. Agroexport said the earlier volume record was about 21,000 tonnes, registered in 2024, while the previous value record was $126 million, set in 2025. The 2026 result therefore added about 2,000 tonnes to the former physical maximum and surpassed the earlier revenue peak by more than $29 million.
Neighbouring markets lead Russian sales
Kazakhstan and Belarus were the largest buyers. Rossiyskaya Gazeta reported that each purchased more than $41 million of Russian coffee extracts and essences during the six-month period. Together, the two markets accounted for more than $82 million, or over half of the reported export value.
Uzbekistan ranked next with purchases exceeding $17.6 million, followed by Georgia at more than $14.6 million and Israel at about $6.8 million. Agroexport identified these five countries as the leading destinations for the product. Their combined purchases reached at least $121 million based on the values reported by Rossiyskaya Gazeta, representing a substantial majority of Russia’s total shipments.
The destination mix shows that demand is concentrated in nearby markets, particularly members and partners of regional trade networks. Kazakhstan, Belarus, Uzbekistan and Georgia offer shorter transport routes than more distant destinations, while Israel provides an additional market outside the former Soviet region. For manufacturers and distributors, this concentration supports scale but also ties export performance closely to demand and commercial conditions in a relatively small group of countries.
Higher revenue strengthens the processing case
The exported category covers coffee extracts and essences, the processed products used in instant coffee and related food and beverage applications. Russia’s role in this trade is therefore based on processing and packaging rather than domestic cultivation of coffee beans. The record highlights the ability of Russian plants to supply value-added coffee products to established regional buyers.
For producers, the 23% increase in export value provides stronger revenue growth than the 13% rise in physical shipments. Importers in the leading destinations, meanwhile, are becoming more significant outlets for Russian processing capacity. Further expansion will depend on whether suppliers can maintain sales in Kazakhstan and Belarus while developing markets such as Uzbekistan, Georgia and Israel without increasing dependence on a narrow customer base.
