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In 1952, Yunnan started to plant coffee on a larger scale. Its increasing popularity in China has motivated more companies to upgrade processing technologies and product quality. In addition to introducing new technologies and varieties from abroad, China has also developed new bean varieties domestically.
Yunnan plans to continue importing raw coffee beans from Vietnam, Laos and Myanmar. It will process them in Yunnan before exporting the finished product. By doing so, a coffee trading market can be built online and offline in Yunnan for sales inside & outside of China, according to province’s coffee association. Before the pandemic, Yunnan exported more than 60,000 metric tons of coffee beans annually to Europe, North America, the Middle East and Vietnam.