Associação Brasileira da Indústria de Café

The Associação Brasileira da Indústria de Café (ABIC) is a Brazilian entity that represents, develops and strengthens the coffee industry in Brazil. It offers membership categories, technical and legal advisory, financing lines, certification of products, industry reports and indicators, and marketing campaigns. Its ABIC Seal certifies coffee quality, and its Coffee Quality Program had 2,017 certified products with more than 490 member companies as of 2025 data.

ABIC was founded on 12 March 1973 as the Associação Brasileira da Indústria de Torrefação e Moagem de Café, with its registered office at the Federação das Indústrias do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FIRJAN), in response to the need to represent coffee roasting and grinding industries nationwide. In 1974 it held the 1st National Convention of the Coffee Roasting and Grinding Industry (CONCAFÉ) in Fortaleza, Ceará, later renamed a Congress, which reached its 16th edition in 1992. In 1975 it published the 'Informativo ABIC' and ran its first advertisement, titled 'Cafézinho é assunto para toda hora'. In 1977, given its institutional growth, ABIC acquired its own headquarters on Rua do Ouvidor.

An entity that defends the collective interests of the coffee sector and certifies coffee quality through the ABIC Seal.

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