Cadenas globales y café en México

Abstract

In this paper we explore the changes in the Mexican coffee exporting structure, based inthe Global Commodity Chain approach. We analyze these changes comparing two differenthistoric contexts: the period where the international market for coffee was regulated, correspondingto the INMECAFE existence, and the deregulation period where this institution disappearedand when the governance structure changes from a producer-driven chain to a consumerdrivenchain, where international traders and toasters are the dominant agents. Producers experiencedthis later years a dramatic fall in margins and incomes, the period of the worst crisis ofcoffee sector in many decades.