The United States, being the third largest global tea importer, consumed 86 billion servings of tea in 2023, primarily black and green tea. Despite a 12.9% decrease in tea imports in 2023 due to poor supply chains and high inventories, consumption remained steady and imports rebounded by 11.2% by December. Organic tea imports, especially green tea, also saw an increase. China continues to be the largest supplier of organic tea to the U.S., despite a drop in imports from the country.
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The United States is the third largest tea importer in the world, after Pakistan and Russia. In 2023, the United States consumed 86 billion servings of tea (about 4 billion gallons), of which 86% was black tea, 13.6% was green tea, and the rest was oolong tea, white tea, and Dark tea. U.S. tea imports in 2023 From January to December 2023, the United States imported 104,236.1 tons of tea, a year-on-year decrease of 12.9%, of which black tea was 90,083.5 tons, a year-on-year decrease of 12.5%, accounting for 86.4% of the total imports; green tea was 14,152.6 tons, a year-on-year decrease of 14.7%, accounting for 86.4% of the total imports; 13.6%. From 2021 to 2022, due to factors such as poor supply chains, high tea inventories in the United States will lead to a decrease in tea imports in 2023, but this does not mean that tea consumption will also decrease accordingly. In fact, in December 2023, U.S. tea imports It rose 11.2% year-on-year and is gradually returning to ...
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