International Coffee Organisation

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, UK
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 States
Leaders
• Executive Director	José Sette
Establishment	1963
Currency	Indexed as USD-per-lb
Website www.ico.org

The International Coffee Organization (ICO) was set up in 1963 in London, under the auspices of the United Nations (UN) because of the great 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. As at 17 March 2017 its membership comprises 43 producing members and 7 importing members.

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 José Sette.