中国咖啡市场保持强劲增长势头。亚洲咖啡协会会长张宏在2026海南国际咖啡博览会上表示，中国咖啡终端市场消费规模已超2000亿元人民币，年均增速约20%，为全球平均水平的10倍，预计还能维持5到10年的高增长[1]。
海南自贸港正通过政策创新吸引全球咖啡流入中国。自2025年起，未烘焙咖啡等品类被纳入海南自贸港原辅料"零关税"清单，加工增值超30%的产品经"二线"进入内地市场还可免征进口关税[1]。这一举措促进了主要咖啡出口国对华出口的增长。埃塞俄比亚2025/26财年对华出口咖啡达47836吨、出口额3.47亿美元，同比分别增长约40%和58%，中国已成为其第三大出口市场[1]。过去四年，中国进口哥伦比亚咖啡增长了约105%[1]。
China's coffee consumption market is experiencing rapid expansion, with the terminal market scale exceeding 200 billion yuan annually and growing at approximately 20 percent per year, according to Zhang Hong, president of the Asian Coffee Association, speaking at the 2026 Hainan International Coffee Expo [1]. This growth rate is roughly ten times the global average and is expected to sustain for another five to ten years [1].
Hainan's Free Trade Port is emerging as a crucial entry point for global coffee into China through the implementation of zero-tariff policies on coffee imports [1]. Since 2025, unroasted coffee and related products have been included in Hainan's free trade port raw materials and auxiliary materials zero-tariff list [1]. Additionally, processed products with value-added components exceeding 30 percent can enter the mainland market through the "second-line" mechanism while remaining exempt from import tariffs [1].
Major coffee-exporting nations are capitalizing on this opportunity. In the 2025-26 fiscal year, Ethiopia exported 47,836 tons of coffee to China valued at 347 million dollars, representing increases of approximately 40 percent in volume and 58 percent in value compared to the previous period, with China now ranking as Ethiopia's third-largest export market [1]. Over the past four years, Chinese imports of Colombian coffee have grown by approximately 105 percent [1].