Mwanyi Terimba Limited cleared to export coffee to China
UGANDA – The Ugandan Government has cleared Mwanyi Terimba Limited, a Ugandan coffee export company, to export coffee beans to China.
The company was certified after complying with The Plant Protection and Health Act of 2016 and related import and export regulations.
“Under registration number UG/GACC/2024/0063, Mwanyi Terimba Limited successfully passed a rigorous sanitary and phytosanitary systems (SPS) audit.
This confirms the company meets all required international standards for safe export,” Dr. Paul Mwambu, Commissioner for Crop Inspection and Certification at the National Plant Protection Organization (NPPO) of Uganda, said.
He added that the “certificate is valid for one year” and can be renewed upon application. There will be periodic inspections and audits to ensure the company maintains compliance with all regulatory requirements, Mwambu emphasized.
The clearance reflects Mwanyi Terimba’s broader strategy to capture a larger share of global markets like China, where demand for premium Ugandan coffee is growing.
The coffee arm of the Baganda Kingdom business has allocated land for the construction of a fully-fledged processing plant for green coffee and a roasting facility to fully exploit the entire value chain.
The chairperson of the Board of Directors of Mwanyi Terimba Limited, Mr. Daniel Damulira, said their first consignment to China through China Communication Construction Company (CCCO) went last week.
“We will be exporting both roasted coffee beans and green coffee, and the next batch is expected soon,” he said in an interview with Nation Media Group Uganda.
In 2016, Buganda launched the Mwanyi Terimba initiative to promote coffee production in the kingdom as one of the strategies to fight household poverty among Kabaka subjects.
UCDA signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the kingdom, from which 10 million seedlings were distributed to farmers across Buganda, which has helped to boost the growing of the crop.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture’s latest report, the Buganda region is the leading coffee producer in Uganda, contributing a total of 3,173,854 bags of Robusta coffee in the Financial Year 2023/2024, followed by Rwenzori, which had both Arabica and Robusta (914,675 bags).
In recent statistics from the country’s President, Uganda currently earns $900 million from the 9 million bags of coffee currently being exported, up from the 2 million bags in 1986.
He is optimistic that with value addition—roasting, grinding, and packing—the country shall earn, maybe, 15 times more from the same quantum of raw materials.
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