
December arabica coffee (KCZ25) on Wednesday closed up +9.05 (+2.41%), and November ICE robusta coffee (RMX25) closed up +203 (+4.83%).
Coffee prices recovered from early losses on Wednesday and moved sharply higher, with robusta posting a 1.5-week high. 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 1.5-year low of 563,351 bags on Wednesday, and ICE robusta coffee inventories fell to a 2.25-month low of 6,450 lots. 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.