International Coffee Organization Facts for Kids

Quick facts for kids International Coffee Organization Organización Internacional del Café (Spanish) Organização Internacional do Café (Portuguese) Organisation Internationale du Café (French)
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ICO exporting members ICO importing members
Headquarters	London, WC1 United Kingdom
Official languages	English French Portuguese Spanish
Type	Trade bloc
Members	Exporting Angola Bolivia Brazil Burundi Cameroon Central African Republic Colombia Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Cuba Dem. Rep. Congo Ecuador El Salvador Ethiopia Gabon Ghana Guatemala Honduras India Indonesia Kenya Liberia Madagascar Malawi Mexico Nepal Nicaragua Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Rwanda Sierra Leone Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Uganda Vietnam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe Importing European Union Japan Norway Russian Fed. Switzerland Tunisia United Kingdom
Leaders

• Executive director	Vanusia Nogueira

Establishment	1963; 61 years ago (1963)
Currency	Indexed as USD-per-lb

The International Coffee Organization (ICO) was set up in 1963 in London, under the auspices of the United Nations (UN) due to the economic importance of coffee. It administers the International Coffee Agreement (ICA), an important instrument for development cooperation.

It was a result of the five-year International Coffee Agreement signed in 1962 at the UN in New York City and renegotiated in 1968, 1976, 1983, 1994 and 2007 at the ICO in London.

The International Coffee Council is the highest authority of the Organization and is composed of representatives of each Member Government. It meets in March and September to discuss coffee matters, approve strategic documents and consider the recommendations of advisory bodies and committees.

The ICO's headquarters is located at 222 Gray's Inn Road in London and its current executive director is the Brazilian Vanúsia Nogueira.

The United States officially withdrew from the International Coffee Agreement in June 2018. As of February 2, 2022 ICO Member Governments represent 93% of world coffee production and 63% of world consumption.

Membership

As 2 February 2022, its membership comprises 42 producing members and 7 importing members.

Exporting Member Countries

Importing Member Countries

International Coffee Organization facts for kids

Membership

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