Why does Vietnam only account for 0.4% of the total tea imported into the German market?

Source: congthuong.vn According to data from the European Statistics Agency (Eurostat), in the first 5 months of 2023, Germany imported tea reaching 28.9 thousand tons, worth 92.6 million Euro (equivalent to 100 million USD), down 6.3 % in volume and down 3.7% in value compared to the same period in 2022. The average price of imported tea into the German market in the first 5 months of 2023 reached 4,441.9 USD/ton, up 2.8% compared to same period in 2022. China, India, Sri Lanka, Argentina and Belgium are the 5 markets supplying the most tea to Germany in the first 5 months of 2023. Imports from these markets account for 63.7% of Germany's total tea imports. . In particular, Germany only increased the proportion of imports from Argentina and Belgium, but decreased the proportion of imports from the Chinese, Indian and Sri Lankan markets. Germany's largest reduction in tea imports is from the Chinese market with a decrease of 2.9 percentage points over the same period in 2022. ...