Ms. Thanyathitha Bunyamaneekul, Deputy Secretary-General of the Office of Agricultural Economics (OAE), Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives Disclosing the situation of Thai coffee production in the 2024/25 production year (data as of March 2025), it was found that Thailand has a coffee planting area of ??more than 220,053 rai (Arabica coffee 139,998 rai and Robusta 80,055 rai), an increase from the previous year's planting area of ??216,517 rai (Arabica coffee 129,778 rai and Robusta 86,739 rai). Total production was 15,651 tons (Arabica 10,682 tons and Robusta 4,969 tons), a decrease from the previous year's production of 16,623 tons (Arabica coffee 10,690 tons and Robusta 5,933 tons). However, it was found that the total production volume is still less than the demand by more than 95,500 tons, causing Thailand to import coffee in the form of raw coffee beans, roasted coffee beans, and instant coffee. and other forms more than 80,000 tons

From the insufficient production, the price of coffee has clearly increased in the past 5 years. If we consider the price that farmers can sell, it is found that Arabica coffee beans (shell) average price in March 2025 is 163 baht per kilogram. When compared to the average price of the past 5 years, Arabica coffee (shell) averages 160 baht per kilogram or an average increase of 1.88 percent and Robusta coffee beans averages 188 baht per kilogram. When compared to the average price of the past 5 years, Robusta coffee (coffee beans) averages 80 baht per kilogram or an increase of up to 135.00 percent.

From the field visits of the Office of Agricultural Economics by the Agricultural Information Center, which has continuously monitored the coffee production situation, both Arabica coffee plantation areas in the North and Robusta coffee in the South, it is clear that the area of ??both types of coffee trees has a tendency to increase continuously. This is a result of the price that farmers can sell. However, farmers should focus on producing high-quality coffee by harvesting the product at full ripeness and paying attention to the processing process. Both drying and selecting quality coffee beans, because improving the quality of coffee allows farmers to get a price increase of 5-10% from the general purchase price.

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