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.The coffee production in Mexico is the world's 8th largest with 252,000 metric tonnes produced in 2009, and is mainly concentrated to the South central to Southern regions of the country. The coffee is mainly arabica, which grows particularly well in the coastal region of Soconusco, Chiapas, near the  border of Guatemala.

At the end of the 18th century, coffee came to Mexico from the Antilles, but was not exported in great quantities until the 1870s. During the 1980s, coffee became the country's most valuable export crop. Today Mexico is the largest source of U.S. coffee imports. Notable beans include Altura, Liquidambar MS and Pluma Coixtepec.

In the late 1700’s into Xalapa-Coatepec, in the State of Veracruz, Mexico by German coffee firms who brought the beans from Guatemala. Today, most of Mexico’s coffee is harvested in the Soconusco region of Chiapas.

The Mexican Coffee Crisis:

In 1959, after WWII, INMECAFE (Instituto Mexicano de Café) was founded. INMECAFE was able to provide technical assistance, issue and export permits, and administer the currency needed for industrialization. INMECAFE was made responsible for direct exportation of coffee beans in 1973 through a time of governmental control.

In 1989, the Mexican Coffee Crisis began when president Carlos Salinas declared that in agreement with the structural adjustment policies requested by the World Bank, the Mexican State would abandon its control of the coffee market. That year, INMECAFE discontinued commercial activity. In 1993, INMECAFE no loner existed. This resulted in exploitation of human resources and failure to create trade associations.