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The International Coffee Organization has launched a public-facing platform that brings together global coffee-market indicators in dashboards, tables and an interactive globe. The latest full year of data is free; historical records and data extraction remain restricted to ICO members and subscribers.
The International Coffee Organization (ICO) has launched an interactive platform that brings global coffee-market data into one place, giving the public access to figures on prices, trade, production, consumption and certified stocks. The tool, introduced during the organization’s 142nd Session in Geneva, makes the latest full year of data free to explore, while historical data and data extraction remain limited to members and subscribers.
The new Coffee Market Intelligence Platform consolidates information previously distributed across multiple ICO sources, including public and private records. Users can view dashboards, tables and an interactive 3D globe, with tools for examining market indicators at global and country level.
Its public-facing data includes the ICO Composite Indicator Price (I-CIP), New York arabica and London robusta futures prices, import and export flows, production and consumption figures, and exchange-certified stocks. A market overview places several indicators together, including global production compared with consumption and supply-and-demand balances.
The globe lets users explore trade by origin, destination, coffee form, species and processing method. Separate dashboards provide country-level information and supply-and-demand trends. The ICO says the latest full year is available to everyone at no charge; access to older data and data extraction is reserved for its members and subscribers.
Putting indicators into a single interface could make it easier for growers, traders, researchers and policymakers to compare market conditions without searching across separate datasets. Prices, trade flows and production or consumption estimates can inform decisions about investment, sourcing, risk management and sustainability, though the platform itself does not remove market uncertainty.
The public access boundary matters. Users can inspect a recent year of information without membership, but cannot freely retrieve the complete historical record or extract data through the platform. That distinction may limit independent analysis of long-term patterns for people who are not ICO members or subscribers.
The data also comes with institutional context: the ICO draws on member-reported trade information and its own production and consumption estimates. Because the organization’s membership does not include every significant coffee-producing or consuming country, the platform’s coverage should not be mistaken for a complete record of every market participant.
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ICO Data and Membership
Established in 1963, the ICO is an intergovernmental organization associated with widely cited statistics on coffee production, trade and prices. The new platform is built primarily from the organization’s private statistical records, including trade data reported by members and ICO estimates for production and consumption.
The ICO currently has 49 members representing 75 countries. Its producing membership includes 42 exporting countries, among them Brazil, Vietnam, Colombia, Indonesia and Ethiopia. Uganda and Guatemala are among notable producing countries outside the organization.
On the importing side, the ICO has seven members: the European Union, representing its 27 member states, as well as Japan, Norway, Russia, Switzerland, Tunisia and the United Kingdom. The United States is not a member after withdrawing from the International Coffee Agreement in 2018. Canada, China, South Korea and Australia are also outside the importing membership.
The launch comes as public websites offering coffee-market information have proliferated, including services promoted as AI-driven. The source report notes concerns that some such services make broad claims without useful data or sufficient industry knowledge. The ICO did not say whether its new platform uses AI; its stated basis is the organization’s statistical records.
“Good data cannot eliminate volatility, but it can reduce uncertainty.”
— Vanúsia Nogueira, ICO executive director
Coverage and Access Limits
The ICO has not disclosed whether the platform uses artificial intelligence, and the source report does not provide technical details about its data-refresh schedule, validation process or the methods behind individual estimates. Those details would help users judge how current and comparable different measures are.
It is also unclear how the platform will handle gaps linked to countries outside ICO membership, or whether those countries’ data appears through other reporting sources. The ICO’s membership list shows that several major producing and consuming markets are not members, but the supplied information does not specify how their activity is represented in each dataset.
Finally, free public access does not include all functionality: historical records and data extraction require membership or a subscription. The pricing, subscription terms and any plans to widen those access provisions were not detailed in the source report.
How the Platform Develops
The platform is now available for users to explore, with the latest full year of data open to the public. The source report does not identify a specific date for the next data update or announce a timetable for added features.
Further details from the ICO could clarify data-update frequency, coverage of non-member markets, access terms for historical information and whether the organization plans to expand public data access. Until then, users will need to distinguish between the free current-year view and the fuller records available to members and subscribers.
Key Questions
What does the ICO’s new platform show?
It presents coffee prices, trade flows, production, consumption and certified stocks, including the ICO Composite Indicator Price and New York arabica and London robusta futures prices. Users can explore the information in dashboards, tables and an interactive globe.
Is the platform free to use?
The latest full year of data is free to access. Historical data and data extraction are available only to ICO members and subscribers, according to the source report.
Does the platform use AI?
The ICO did not say whether the platform uses artificial intelligence. The source report says the tool draws primarily on the organization’s statistical records, including member-reported trade data and ICO estimates.
Does the platform cover every coffee-producing and consuming country?
Not all countries are ICO members. The organization lists 49 members representing 75 countries, while several notable producing and consuming countries are outside its membership. The source report does not explain how every non-member market is represented in the platform’s datasets.
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