Japan

Summary data 

• Population: 127.2 million.  
• Gross 2009 imports all forms were 7.087 million bags GBE million bags, of which:
• Net Green bean 6.513 million bags. Main green bean suppliers: Brazil 28%, Colombia 20%, Vietnam 15%, Indonesia 13%, and Guatemala 9%.  
• Estimated shares green bean imports: arabica 70%, robusta 28%, not specified 2%.  
• Imports of roasted and soluble were 575,000 bags GBE  
• 2009 re-exports of processed coffee were 123,000 bags GBE (113,000 bags of soluble ad 10,000 bags of roasted coffee) 
• Per capita consumption in 2009:  3.36kg.  
• Leading roasters (all forms of coffee) are Nestlé, Ajinomoto General Foods (AGF), UCC, KEY, ART (Mitsubishi Coffee), Tokyo Allied, Unicafe and Doutor, with the instant market entirely dominated by Nestlé and AGF.  
• Imported soluble coffee of all forms accounts for 6 to 7% of gross imports, with Brazil as the major supplier (about 56% in 2009) followed by Colombia, Indonesia and Ecuador.  About a quarter of this is coffee extract, with or without sugar. 

Japan: gross imports of all forms of coffee, Period 2004 – 2009
(in thousands of bags GBE) 

Source : All Japan Coffee Association

Japan:  imports of soluble coffee and coffee extract 1995–2009 
(in thousands of bags GBE) 

Source : All Japan Coffee Association