Food category · China to Cuba
Coffee
Green and roasted coffee are sourced by origin and grade. Roast profiles for the roasted form are agreed before production.
Category description
How CoExpys handles Coffee
We supply both green coffee beans and roasted coffee, depending on whether you buy for roasting locally or for the cup. Green beans are sourced in graded lots from Yunnan, Hainan and Fujian and shipped in hessian sacks, while roasted coffee is packed in degassing valve bags sized for retail or food-service. Coffee is a lot-specific product: the same variety from a different harvest or a different washing process is a different product, so the contract references the exact lot, and we confirm origin, moisture, and screen size against that lot at inspection.
Every shipment is quoted against a confirmed specification, packed to the format agreed for your channel, and documented so the Cuban side can clear it without guesswork.
Technical specification
Coffee parameters
Reference values for Coffee shipments on the China-to-Cuba route. Final limits are written into the purchase contract for each order.
- HS code
- 0901.21 (roasted) · 0901.11 (green)
- Origins
- Yunnan, Hainan, Fujian, Guangxi
- Green moisture
- < 12%
- Roasted moisture
- < 10%
- Screen size
- Per buyer specification
- Shelf life
- 6–12 months roasted · longer green
- Packing
- Roasted 250 g – 1 kg valve bag · green 60 kg hessian sack
- Container load
- Green: 20ft ≈ 320 sacks (19.2 MT)
- Supply basis
- Cooperative or estate lot, per enquiry
Shipment handling
Packing, loading, inspection and clearance
Typical packing
Roasted coffee in degassing valve bags inside cartons for retail and food-service sizes; green beans in 60 kg hessian sacks with a grain-proof liner for container shipping.
Enquiry units
Bag, sack, or FCL 20ft / 40ft. Green coffee is quoted per lot; roasted coffee per format.
Container load
A 20ft container holds around 320 sacks of 60 kg green coffee, about 19.2 MT. Roasted coffee loads by case count and depends on the retail format.
Inspection focus
Moisture and screen size check, defect and foreign matter screen, cupping or sample roast against the reference for roasted lots, and verification that the lot marking matches the origin and grade certificate.
Clearance notes
Phytosanitary certificate, certificate of origin, and the lot grade certificate. For roasted coffee, the food registration and label language requirements must be confirmed with the Cuban team before production.
Clearance pack
Documents prepared for each Coffee shipment
Our Cuban team checks the licence description against the contract before loading, so the paperwork on arrival matches what the licence says.
- Phytosanitary certificate
- Certificate of origin
- Lot grade / origin certificate
- Pre-shipment inspection report
- Packing list and commercial invoice