Indonesia risks becoming a net coffee importer as harvests fall

BLITAR, Indonesia — Indonesian coffee growers are warning that harvests are declining while domestic consumption is edging up, threatening to turn the exporting nation into a net importer over the next few years.

Indonesia is both the world’s fourth largest coffee producer and exporter after Brazil, Vietnam and Colombia. It mainly grows robusta beans but also higher quality arabica coffee, counting the U.S., Egypt, Malaysia, Japan and India as its top export destinations.