Tea Import Situation of Different Contries

Global Tea Industry Major Import Market Analysis

2013 Russian Federation Tea Import Situation

Major Original Places of Import Goods of 2013 Russian Federation Tea Imports

In 1997, the Russian Federation became the world's largest importer of tea instead of the United Kingdom. 2013 Russian Federation tea imports amounted to $ 683 million, with an increase of 5.19% compared with 2012. In 2013, the Russian Federation imported tea mostly from Sri Lanka, India, Kenya, the United Arab Emirates and China; these five countries’ tea exports to the Russian Federation accounted for 80% of Russia's total tea imports. Among them, Sri Lanka is the most important sources of the Russian Federation tea imports, which accounted for 36.69% of the Russian Federation tea import market in 2013. China is Russia's fifth largest tea importing country and in 2013 the Russian Federation imported from China 0.55 billion U.S. dollars of tea, accounting for 8.11% of the Russian Federation total tea imports. In 2013, the tea imports amount from the UAE to the Russian Federation grew by 109.07% compared with 2012, growing rapidly.

95%of the tea consumed by Russian is purchased at auction in the tea plantation, mainly in Sri Lanka, India, Kenya, China and other places, and then is imported as an industrial raw material. The Import tea will be processed and packaged by Russian producing enterprises, and retailed. Experts predict that the next few years, Russia's tea imports will continue to grow. By 2017, Russia's tea imports will be more than 205,000 tons, nearly 80% of which will be the raw materials tea, and more than 20% of which will be the finished product for retail.

2013 United Kingdom Tea Import Situation

2013 British Tea Major Original Places of Import Goods

2013 British tea imports valued $ 424 million, with a drop of 3.01% compared to the same period 2012. In 2013, British imported tea mainly from Kenya, India, Indonesia, Singapore and Poland; the tea export value from those five countries accounted for 74.03% of the British total tea imports. Among them, Kenya is the most important sources of the British tea imports, which accounted for 34.14% of the British tea import market in 2013, China is the UK's seventh largest tea importing country and in 2013 the UK imported from China $ 011 million U.S. dollars of tea, accounting for 2.69% of total British tea imports. 2013 British tea imports from South Africa and Singapore increased respectively by 1025.84% and 130.48% compared with 2012, growing rapidly.

According to product categories, Black tea has always dominated the British market. The British imported Black tea accounted for more than 90% of total tea imports, but Green tea imports increased rapidly in recent years, whose import prices is much higher than Black tea. According to packing specifications, most of the UK tea imports are bulk tea weighing more than 3kg, less small packaged tea, which accounts for only about 5%, but the price is much higher than average.

In the UK’s tea market, according to imports, China is far below Kenya; according to prices, China is much lower Kenya Sri Lanka. From the perspective of market share, share of Chinese Black tea is shrinking continuously, but the Green tea share is rapidly expanding. Our main competitors of Green tea market are Indonesia, Kenya and so on. Although in recent years, Indonesia and Kenya tea exports come into the decline, but Indonesia has been in a leading position with the advantage of price for several years, accounting for half of the British tea market, Kenya also had a share of 1/4 of the market.

2013 USA Tea Import Situation

2013 USA Tea Imports Main Original Places of Import Goods

In 2013 the United States imported $ 476 million of tea, with an increase of 8.92% compared with 2012. In 2013, U.S. imported tea mainly from China, Argentina, India, Japan and Sri Lanka; the tea export value from those five countries accounted for 67.35% of the American total tea imports. Among them, China is the most important sources of the United States tea imports, and in 2013 the United States imported more than 1/5 of the tea from China.

The United States is one of the world's major tea importing and consuming countries. In 1904 the Americans invented the teabag, and teabag currently holds about 2/3 of the U.S. tea market. In addition, the U.S. market obviously prefers instant tea, and 90% of them drink ice tea.

2013 Morocco Tea Import Situation

Morocco Tea Imports Main Original Places of Import Goods from Jan. to Mar. 2013

In 2012, Moroccan tea importing only came in ninth place of all global tea importing countries, but Morocco is China's largest tea export market. From Jan. to Mar. 2013 Morocco imported $ 39 million of tea, having an increase of 24.22% compared to the same period in 2012. From Jan. to Mar. 2013, China is major sources of Morocco's tea imports, 97.62% of which is imported from China.

2012 Hong Kong Tea Import Situation

2012 Hong Kong Main Original Places of Import Goods

In 2012, Hong Kong imported $ 65 million of tea, having an increase of 4.68% compared to the same period in 2011. In 2012, Hong Kong imported tea mainly from China, Sri Lanka, Japan, Taiwan and the United States, and the tea import value from these five countries to Hong Kong accounted for 88.21% of its total tea imports. Among them, China and Sri Lanka are the major sources of Hong Kong’s tea imports. In 2012, 48.21% of the Hong Kong tea imports are from China, and nearly 1/4 of imports are from Sri Lanka.

2013 Japan Tea Import Situation

2013 Japan Main Original Places of Import Goods

In 2013, Japan imported $ 195 million of tea, having a decrease of 0.15% compared to the same period in 2012. In 2013, Japan imported tea mainly from China, Sri Lanka, India, Kenya and Australia, and the tea import value from these five countries to Japan accounted for 91.23% of its total tea imports. Among them, China is the most important sources of Japanese tea imports. In 2013, above 40% of the Japanese tea imports are from China, and the second is Sri Lanka, from which over 1/4 of its imports are. In 2013, the Japanese tea imports from French increased by 204.56% compared to the same period last year, growing rapidly.

Source: UN Comtrade