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"World" is the global benchmark price (World Bank Pink Sheet, monthly since 1960, where available). Currency conversion uses monthly ECB reference rates since 1999 (some currencies joined later) — for comparison, not precise historical FX accounting.

Top Producers

Rank	Country	Quantity
1	China	15,396,000 t
2	India	6,033,531 t
3	Kenya	2,577,800 t
4	Sri Lanka	1,495,646 t
5	Türkiye	1,356,556 t
6	Vietnam	1,125,065 t
7	Indonesia	613,000 t
8	Bangladesh	405,252 t
9	Uganda	393,436 t
10	Argentina	344,203 t
11	Japan	320,000 t
12	Malawi	247,735 t
13	Rwanda	158,499 t
14	Nepal	129,177 t
15	Tanzania	120,000 t
16	Myanmar (Burma)	118,523 t
17	Thailand	106,347 t
18	Iran	81,285 t
19	Ethiopia	76,535 t
20	Zimbabwe	66,576 t
21	Burundi	50,145 t
22	Taiwan	33,000 t
23	Papua New Guinea	32,000 t
24	Cameroon	24,600 t
25	Laos	17,192 t
26	South Korea	16,000 t
27	Malaysia	15,868 t
28	Ecuador	10,267 t
29	Mozambique	6,801 t
30	Mauritius	6,762 t
31	Sierra Leone	4,831 t
32	Congo - Kinshasa	2,365 t
33	Georgia	2,300 t
34	Brazil	2,011 t
35	Peru	1,944 t
36	South Africa	1,831 t
37	Bolivia	1,206 t
38	Azerbaijan	1,124 t
39	Zambia	970 t
40	El Salvador	674 t
41	Guatemala	540 t
42	Madagascar	395 t
43	Colombia	226 t
44	Montenegro	100 t
45	Mali	90 t
46	Russia	67 t

FAOSTAT production data, 2023.

Top Importers

Rank	Country	Quantity
1	Pakistan	242,013 t
2	Russia	112,929 t
3	United States	104,225 t
4	United Kingdom	96,592 t
5	Egypt	90,523 t
6	Iraq	86,095 t
7	United Arab Emirates	62,747 t
8	Morocco	62,276 t
9	Germany	46,295 t
10	China	39,017 t
11	Iran	38,072 t
12	Uzbekistan	35,675 t
13	Saudi Arabia	35,079 t
14	Malaysia	35,035 t
15	Kazakhstan	33,895 t
16	Poland	32,388 t
17	Taiwan	28,333 t
18	Japan	24,733 t
19	India	24,516 t
20	Yemen	21,603 t
21	Algeria	21,319 t
22	South Africa	19,906 t
23	Netherlands	19,644 t
24	Libya	18,104 t
25	Mauritania	17,327 t
26	Türkiye	17,026 t
27	Sudan	16,851 t
28	Canada	16,820 t
29	Hong Kong SAR China	16,600 t
30	Afghanistan	16,408 t
31	Chile	16,372 t
32	Thailand	14,654 t
33	France	14,558 t
34	Azerbaijan	13,676 t
35	Mali	13,601 t
36	Ukraine	12,058 t
37	Australia	11,235 t
38	Belgium	10,387 t
39	Indonesia	9,605 t
40	Oman	8,706 t
41	Jordan	8,595 t
42	Switzerland	8,326 t
43	Ireland	8,238 t
44	Niger	8,231 t
45	Senegal	8,178 t
46	South Sudan	8,021 t
47	Kyrgyzstan	7,863 t
48	Syria	7,815 t
49	Somalia	7,544 t
50	Italy	7,342 t

FAOSTAT trade data, 2023.

Top Exporters

Rank	Country	Quantity
1	Kenya	559,282 t
2	China	367,542 t
3	Sri Lanka	238,395 t
4	India	226,776 t
5	Vietnam	106,696 t
6	United Arab Emirates	81,704 t
7	Uganda	77,718 t
8	Argentina	62,250 t
9	Malawi	45,293 t
10	Indonesia	35,970 t
11	Tanzania	22,182 t
12	Netherlands	21,740 t
13	Germany	19,540 t
14	Poland	18,314 t
15	Rwanda	16,856 t
16	United States	14,052 t
17	Nepal	13,486 t
18	United Kingdom	13,200 t
19	Zimbabwe	11,442 t
20	Belgium	8,901 t
21	Iran	8,613 t
22	Burundi	7,927 t
23	Japan	7,687 t
24	Taiwan	7,546 t
25	Russia	7,502 t
26	Switzerland	6,156 t
27	South Africa	5,341 t
28	Türkiye	5,283 t
29	Malaysia	4,996 t
30	Myanmar (Burma)	4,404 t
31	Jordan	4,107 t
32	Kazakhstan	4,004 t
33	Egypt	3,284 t
34	Thailand	3,084 t
35	Pakistan	2,956 t
36	France	2,951 t
37	Laos	2,872 t
38	Oman	2,552 t
39	Mozambique	2,534 t
40	Canada	2,142 t
41	Yemen	1,796 t
42	Singapore	1,710 t
43	Hong Kong SAR China	1,681 t
44	Georgia	1,522 t
45	Saudi Arabia	1,387 t
46	Australia	1,361 t
47	Peru	1,292 t
48	Morocco	1,239 t
49	Austria	1,213 t
50	Togo	1,180 t

FAOSTAT trade data, 2023.

About Tea

The world's most-consumed beverage crop after water. China and India are the largest producers, mostly for domestic consumption; Kenya and Sri Lanka are the largest exporters. The price tracked here is the average across the three main auction markets (Mombasa, Kolkata and Colombo).

Latest World price (2025-12): -0% vs. the 5-year average, +1% vs. the 10-year average, -3% vs. a year ago.