Coffee Market Desk

NY ‘C’ futures, ICO group differentials, ICE certified stocks, trader positioning and origin currencies in one place.

NY ‘C’ 5 OctICO 30 SepICE stocks 2 OctCOT 29 SepFX 5 Oct
NY ‘C’ front
292.60¢/lb
+3.85¢ day · −23.3% 1y
ICE certified stocks
260,239bags
−125 day · +36,527 since 3 Sep
ICO composite
261.60¢/lb
Sep avg 262.18 · −8.7% m/m
USD / BRL
5.2210R$
+2.36% over 30 days

NY ‘C’ arabica futures

ICE Futures U.S. settle, US cents/lb. The series moves to the next contract at first notice day, the way traders roll; hover for the daily range.

Certified stocks behind price Volume
‘C’ front, rolled before first notice, ¢/lb (left axis) Expiring contract in delivery period First notice day Notice period Certified stocks, European ports, bags (right axis)
Volume, contracts

Volume of the contract plotted above, not total Coffee C volume. Faded bars are the expiring contract during its notice period, when trading has moved to the next month.

ICO group differentials

Spreads between the ICO group indicator prices, US cents/lb. Premium over NY uses the same day's ‘C’ front-month settle.

Colombian Milds − Other MildsColombian Milds − Brazilian NaturalsOther Milds − Brazilian Naturals
Group, ¢/lb30 SepSep avgm/mvs NY
ICO composite261.60262.18−8.7%—
Colombian Milds354.89356.15−8.1%+64.19
Other Milds328.20329.44−8.8%+37.50
Brazilian Naturals289.64290.20−9.9%−1.06
Robustas167.52167.49−7.3%—
Differential, ¢/lb30 SepSep avgAug avgΔ
Colombian Milds − Other Milds26.6926.7126.15+0.56
Colombian Milds − Brazilian Naturals65.2565.9565.21+0.74
Other Milds − Brazilian Naturals38.5639.2539.06+0.18
Colombian Milds − Robustas187.37188.66206.82−18.16
Other Milds − Robustas160.68161.96180.67−18.72
Brazilian Naturals − Robustas122.12122.71141.61−18.90

ICE certified ‘C’ stocks

Bags of 60 kg graded and certified in ICE-licensed warehouses. Europe: ANT Antwerp, BAR Barcelona, HA/BR Hamburg/Bremen. US: HOU Houston, MIAMI, NOLA New Orleans, NY New York, VA Virginia.

Certified, all ports260,239
Pending grading12,646
Transition bags (EU)201,898
Flagged for rebagging15,798
ANT199,007
HOU38,133
HA/BR8,587
NOLA7,440
MIAMI6,182
NY890
OriginBags on 2 OctBagsvs 3 Sep
Brazil66,657+59,909
Honduras49,892−8,117
Peru46,390−3,331
Uganda35,656+334
Mexico13,642−4,400
Tanzania11,069·
Nicaragua9,523−4,446
Rwanda7,196·
Venezuela6,500·
India5,384−2,019
Kenya2,824−1,355
Papua New Guinea1,816·
Guatemala1,375·
Burundi1,245·
El Salvador820−48
Colombia250·

Month-end certified stocks since 1996

‘C’ price, monthly close
‘C’ front, month-end close, ¢/lb (left axis)Certified stocks, all ports, bags (right axis)

ICE month-end figures by port, extended with the last daily report of each later month. Peak in this view: 2,490,352 bags (Mar 2019). Latest: 260,239 bags (Oct 2026). ‘C’ monthly closes start in 2000; Jun 1999 and Oct 2017 are missing from ICE's file.

Commitments of Traders, Coffee C

CFTC disaggregated report, futures only, contracts of 37,500 lb. Net = long − short; positions as of Tuesday, published the following Friday.

Managed moneyProducer / merchantSwap dealersOther reportables
Week of 29 SepLongShortNetw/w% OI
Managed money34,57118,365+16,206+40010.5
Producer / merchant41,97257,999−16,027−3,493-10.3
Swap dealers24,32922,834+1,495+3361.0
Other reportables9,53412,248−2,714+2,819-1.8
Non-reportable7,3816,341+1,040−620.7
Open interest154,908
OI w/w+1,873
Managed money net, 52-wk range12k … 50k
MM net position in range11%

Origin currencies

Local units per US dollar; a rising line means a weaker local currency. ‘C’ in local terms is the front-month settle converted to a 60 kg bag (132.276 lb).

USD/BRLBrazilian real5.2210
30d +2.36%since 3 Oct 25 −2.20%
‘C’ in Brazil: 2,021 BRL per 60 kg bag
USD/COPColombian peso3,280.4
30d +4.26%since 3 Oct 25 −15.61%
‘C’ in Colombia: 1,269,656 COP per 60 kg bag
USD/ETBEthiopian birr163.26
30d +1.15%since 3 Oct 25 +12.44%
‘C’ in Ethiopia: 63,190 ETB per 60 kg bag
USD/KESKenyan shilling128.79
30d −0.50%since 3 Oct 25 −0.43%
‘C’ in Kenya: 49,848 KES per 60 kg bag