Coffee is a perennial crop. It is one of the most important cash crops in Uganda, playing a major role in the livelihoods of many people and is a major foreign exchange earner for the Country. There are two main types of coffee grown in Uganda namely Arabica and Robusta coffee.
The two main harvest seasons in Uganda for both Arabica and Robusta are; March-June and September-November. The main production season for Robusta ranges May-August for Masaka and Western regions and November to February for Central, Eastern regions. In the case of Arabica, the main seasons are April-June for Western Region and October-February for Eastern and West Nile Regions.
In order to avoid unscrupulous coffee dealers, the Minister of Agriculture has released a list of qualified coffee buyers and exporters in Uganda.
These are:
1 Sasa Coffee Trading (U) Ltd
2 Nsangi Coffee Farmers Association
3 Empire Agricultural Coffee Services
4 Nitubaasa Export Ltd
5 Imara African Coffee Ltd
6 Bio Nile (U) Ltd
7 Kamuli Investments Ltd
8 Gorrilla Summit Coffee Development Ltd
9 Rezlex investment Ltd
10 Lukumbi Agro Ltd
11 Turads Trading (U) Ltd
12 Cisco Petroleum Ltd
13 Uganda Coffee Exporter Centre
14 Powerstrom Uganda Ltd
15 Lwanyaga Coffee Factory Ltd
16 Tata Uganda Ltd
17 Discovery Trading Ltd
18 Bros Coffee (U) Ltd
19 Qualicoff (U) Ltd
20 Bufumbo Organic Farmers Association
21 Kawacom (U) Ltd
22 Ankole Coffee Processors Ltd
23 Ankole Coffee Producers Coop Union Ltd
24 Armajaro Uganda Ltd
25 Bakhita Twase Produce Ltd
26 Bakhsons Trading Co. Ltd
27 Banyankole Kweterana Cooperative Union Ltd
28 Besmark Coffee Company Ltd
29 Bulamu Coffee Buyers, Processors and Export Ltd
30 Bugisu Coop Union Ltd
31 Bukonzo Joint Co-operative Union Ltd
32 Coffee Cup Services
33 Coffee World Ltd
34 Commodity Solutions (U) Ltd
35 El’Cafino Uganda Ltd
36 Export Trading Company (U) Ltd
37 Fairlop Global Commodities Ltd
38 Great Empower East Africa Ltd
39 Great Lakes Coffee Company Ltd
40 Ibero (U) Ltd
41 Ideal Commodities (U) Ltd
42 Ishaka Quality Commodities Ltd
43 Kakindu Coffee Ltd
44 Kamba Petroleum (U) Ltd
45 Kampala Domestic Store Ltd
46 Karazi Coffee Factory Ltd
47 Katuka Development Trust Ltd
48 Kaweri Coffee Plantation Ltd
49 Kibinge Coffee Farmers’ Co-operative Ltd
50 Kyagalanyi Coffee Ltd
51 LD Commodities (U) Ltd
52 Mbale Imports and Exporters Ltd
53 Nakana Coffee Factory Ltd
54 Nile Highland Arabica Coffee Farmers Association
55 Nilevic Limited
56 NUCAFE Ltd
57 Olam Uganda Ltd
58 Pearl Crops Ltd
59 Platinum Commodities (JKR) Ltd
60 Produce and Commodities Ltd
61 Risala (U) Ltd
62 Savannah Commodities Co. Ltd
63 Sena Indo (U) Ltd
64 Shiba World Investments Ltd
65 Superbia International Export Trading Ltd
66 Titan Rosters Ltd
67 Touton Uganda Ltd
68 Trabs-gaz Company Ltd
69 Ugacof Ltd
70 United Organic Coffee Growers Ltd
71 Zigoti Coffee Works Ltd
72 Zinunula Coffee Ltd
73 Nitubasa Limited
74 Ugamazon Coffee Exports Ltd
75 Friends Exim Ltd
76 Cote Plus Limited
77 Klu Uganda Ltd
For more information, one can contact Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA)-Coffee House, Plot 35, Jinja Road P.O BOX 7267, Kampala. Tel: 0414-256-940/0414-232-912.
