Top 10 Trading Countries

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Top 10 Trading Countries (according to The Worldfact Book)

Rank Country Exports Date of


information
—  World $12,461,000,000,000 2009 est.
—  European Union (minus internal trade) $1,525,000,000,000 2009 est.
1  China $1,506,000,000,000 2010 est.
2  Germany $1,337,000,000,000 2010 est.
3  United States $1,270,000,000,000 2010 est.
4  Japan $735,800,000,000 2010 est.
5  France $508,700,000,000 2010 est.
6  South Korea $466,300,000,000 2010 est.
7  Italy $458,400,000,000 2010 est.
8  Netherlands $451,300,000,000 2010 est.
9  Canada $406,800,000,000 2010 est.
10  United Kingdom $405,600,000,000 2010 est.

The Top 5 Countries that Import Tea

  Country Tea Imports 2008 Tea Imports 2004 Percent Change

1 Russian Federation 181,859 metric tonnes 172,145 metric tonnes + 5.64 %

2 United Kingdom 157,593 metric tonnes 156,311 metric tonnes + 0.82 %

3 United States 116,746 metric tonnes 99,484 metric tonnes + 0.67 %

4 United Arab Emirates 109,575 metric tonnes 65,826 metric tonnes + 10.14 %

5 Egypt 107,586 metric tonnes n/a n/a


The Top 5 Countries that Export the Most Tea

  Country Tea Exports 2008 Tea Exports 2004 Percent Change

1 Kenya 396,641 metric tonnes 284,309 metric tonnes + 39.51 %


2 Sri Lanka 318,329 metric tonnes 298,909 metric tonnes + 6.49 %
3 China 299,789 metric tonnes 282,643 metric tonnes + 6.06 %
4 India 203,207 metric tonnes 174,728 metric tonnes + 16.29 %
5 Viet Nam 104,700 metric tonnes 104,000 metric tonnes + 0.67 %

Top 10 Tea Producing Countries:

Country  2006  2007  2008 


China 1,047,345  1,183,002  1,257,384 
India  928,000  949,220  05,180 
Kenya  310,580  369,600  345,800 
Sri Lanka  310,800  305,220  318,470 
Turkey  201,866  206,160  198,046 
Vietnam  151,000  164,000  174,900 
Indonesia  146,858  150,224  150,851 
Japan  91,800  94,100  94,100 
Argentina  72,129  76,000  76,000 
Iran  59,180  60,000  60,000 

*Data (in tons) is generated by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations as of January
2010.

Other Regions:
Other tea producing nations and regions in the world include South Asia, South East Asia,
particularly Indonesia, the former Soviet Union, Turkey and Iran. Nine other countries
in Africa including Tanzania, Malawi and Zaire are important producers, plus a growing market
in Argentina.  
 Dynamics of Manufacture of tea in India (in thousand kg)

   
Northern India Southern India Total
2008 January 8116 13506 21622
February 1337 16429 17766
March 30986 19557 50543
April 55576 24466 80042
May 46866 23401 70267
Total, January-May 2008 142881 97359 240240
2009 January 10123 11447 21570
February 3081 12194 15275
March 27341 17695 45036
April 39684 22906 62590
May 50322 21052 71374
Total, January-May 2009 130551 85294 215845

Dynamics of export of tea from India (in thousand kg)

 
Northern India Southern India Total
2008 January 10045 6850 16895
February 9815 6311 16126
March 10426 7493 17919
April 5012 6881 11893
May 3570 7262 10832
Total, January-May 2008   34797 73665
2009 January 5201 7497 12698
February 6318 5705 12023
March 8421 5755 14176
April 6922 4440 11362
May 4479 5294 9773
Total, January-May 2009   28691 60032

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