Export briefing: China’s tea export volume will decrease in 2023

According to China Customs statistics, in 2023, China’s tea exports totaled 367,500 tons, a decrease of 7,700 tons compared with the whole of 2022, and a year-on-year decrease of 2.05%.

In 2023, China’s tea exports will be US$1.741 billion, a decrease of US$341 million compared with 2022 and a year-on-year decrease of 16.38%.

In 2023, the average price of China’s tea exports will be US$4.74/kg, a year-on-year decrease of US$0.81/kg, a decrease of 14.63%.

Let’s look at tea categories. For the whole year of 2023, China’s green tea exports were 309,400 tons, accounting for 84.2% of total exports, a decrease of 4,500 tons, or 1.4%; black tea exports were 29,000 tons, accounting for 7.9% of total exports, a decrease of 4,192 tons, a decrease of 12.6%; the export volume of oolong tea was 19,900 tons, accounting for 5.4% of the total export volume, an increase of 576 tons, an increase of 3.0%; the export volume of jasmine tea was 6,209 tons, accounting for 1.7% of the total export volume, a decrease of 298 tons, a decrease of 4.6%; the export volume of Pu’er tea was 1,719 tons, accounting for 0.5% of the total export volume, a decrease of 197 tons, a decrease of 10.3%; in addition, the export volume of white tea was 580 tons, the export volume of other scented tea was 245 tons, and the export volume of dark tea Export volume was 427 tons.

Attached: Export situation in December 2023

According to Chinese customs data, in December 2023, China’s tea export volume was 31,600 tons, a year-on-year decrease of 4.67%, and the export value was US$131 million, a year-on-year decrease of 30.90%. The average export price in December was US$4.15/kg, which was lower than the same period last year. down 27.51%.