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Most people planning their first shipment from Indonesia to South Korea worry about the tariff. It’s the wrong thing to worry about. For Indonesian green coffee, the import duty into Korea is effectively 0%, thanks to the Indonesia-Korea trade agreement. The numbers that actually decide your landed cost and whether
When you import coffee from Indonesia, the two payment methods you will be offered are almost always LC (Letter of Credit) and TT (Telegraphic Transfer). This guide explains the LC vs TT coffee import payment choice in plain terms: how each one works, what it costs, who carries the risk,
Importing green coffee to Australia from Indonesia is straightforward on paper: coffee enters duty-free, and there is no import permit for standard green beans. The details that decide your landed cost and your risk are the Incoterm you buy on, the biosecurity paperwork your supplier prepares, and the minimum order
A 20ft container holds 275 to 320 bags of green coffee at 60 kg each, which works out to roughly 16.5 to 19.2 metric tonnes. Most Indonesian exporters plan on 300 bags, or 18 MT. That is the short answer, and it is the number to use when you build
Every few weeks a German roaster asks us the same question, and it’s usually the wrong one. “How much is the Kaffeesteuer on my container?” Zero. The Kaffeesteuer, Germany’s coffee tax, only applies once the beans are roasted inside Germany. Green coffee crossing the border is exempt from it entirely.
Most roasters who call us in 2026 lead with the same worry: how bad are the tariffs now? Here is the short answer. Importing green coffee to the USA from Indonesia is duty-free. Unroasted coffee enters under HTS code 0901.11.00 at a zero percent rate, and the reciprocal tariffs that
