
December arabica coffee (KCZ25) on Wednesday closed up +17.60 (+5.03%), and November ICE robusta coffee (RMX25) closed up +101 (+2.45%).
Coffee prices rallied sharply on Wednesday. The 50% tariffs imposed on US imports from Brazil have led to a sharp drawdown in ICE coffee inventories, a bullish factor for coffee prices. ICE-monitored arabica inventories fell to a 17.5-month low of 601,717 bags on Wednesday. ICE robusta coffee inventories fell to a 1.75-month low of 6,464 lots last Friday. American buyers are voiding new contracts for purchases of Brazilian coffee beans due to the 50% tariffs imposed on US imports from Brazil, thereby tightening US supplies, as about a third of America's unroasted coffee comes from Brazil.