Coffee price composition

Calculation

Example for 500g roasted coffee Libertad (Sept 2022):


Cooperatives

Yachil

Yochin

Ecolsierra

Origin

Chiapas/Mexico

Chiapas/Mexico

Columbia

Raw coffee price*

145 MXN/kg

145 MXN/kg

3,20 USD/lb

Cost price**

6,70 Euro/kg

6,68 Euro/kg

6,56 Euro/kg


* Café Libertad's raw coffee price, including various surcharges for biological production and the cooperatives' social and political work.


** Cost price after import and customs depending on port of origin, storage time and US dollar and Mexican peso exchange rates at the time of pre-payment (60%) and final payment (40%) on arrival and after checking the raw coffee's quality. In case of several containers, an average is calculated. For Yachil, there is a range from € 4,03 to € 4,36 per import this year.


*** Operating costs are a calculatory premium to cover external services, wages including wage tax, shipping costs, administration, financing and expenses for means of production.



Euro

Roasted coffee calculation

6,66

Cost price

1,07

Loss due to roasting

0,27

Roasting

0,10

Grinding

0,40

Filling

0,28

Label

0,37

Packing

2,19

Coffee tax

0,08

Shipping

5,37

Operating costs***

0,50

Funding

0,10

Surplus for reserves

17,38

Price per kg

8,69

Unit price 500g

0,61

VAT 7,00%

9,30

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