Tea · importers
The United Arab Emirates reports $1.1B in the chapter that holds tea, coffee, mate and spices, seventeenth in the world, and it is a major hub for the wider tea trade.
| Market | HS 09 imports |
|---|---|
| United States | $11.7B |
| Germany | $6.5B |
| France | $4.0B |
| Italy | $3.4B |
| Canada | $2.4B |
Figures are for the whole of HS chapter 09 (coffee, tea, mate and spices); tea is only part of it. Source: UN Comtrade, as reported by national authorities; latest available year per market.
Tea is auctioned, traded and re-exported from the Gulf to markets in the Middle East, Africa and Central Asia, and Dubai is known as a trading centre for it. A good part of the $1.1B is therefore tea, coffee and spices that pass on to other buyers. The chapter is 0.2% of the country’s $470.5B imports and ranks 43rd among import chapters, behind pearls and precious stones at $114.9B and electrical machinery at $63.1B.
Trading houses buy tea to sell on, blend and repack for customers across a wide region. They want flexible lot sizes, quick documentation, and grades that suit their buyers, from strong black tea for Gulf and African markets to speciality teas. They also compare many origins at once.
Ask which destinations the buyer serves, because those set the grade, packing and labels it needs. Traders also value a supplier who can handle large orders quickly, so show that you can load promptly, provide complete documents on time and support a change of destination if a customer’s needs shift.
The overall source list includes Areas, nes, China, India and the USA. The first is a reporting category and not a country, so origin data for this market is incomplete. Import and food-safety requirements are set by the authorities and can change, so confirm them with the authorities and the buyer.
Shipment records for the tea heading isolate tea from coffee and spices and name receivers with weights.
Tea shipment data lists receivers and weights, and separating trading houses from end users takes a look at cargo sizes and how often each receiver appears. Agree Incoterm and port, and approach your shortlist through this site’s free marketplace.
Only partly; much of it is traded on to other markets.
It is a reporting category for unspecified origins, so origin data is incomplete.
Flexible lots, quick documents and grades that suit their onward customers.
Read the tea lines of shipment data and split traders from end users by cargo size.
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