Tea (including mate) — Import quantity in China
China: Tea (including mate) — Import quantity was 91 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Tea (including mate) — Import quantity in China, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
China recorded 91 1000 t for tea (including mate) — import quantity in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.2% on the previous year and up 35.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tea (including mate) — import quantity in China peaked at 109 1000 t in 2019 and was at its lowest, 60 1000 t, in 2011.
That places China 7th out of 194 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Tea (including mate) — Import quantity in China, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 61 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 60 1000 t | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 66 1000 t | +10.0% |
| 2013 | 67 1000 t | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 73 1000 t | +9.0% |
| 2015 | 72 1000 t | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 69 1000 t | -4.2% |
| 2017 | 84 1000 t | +21.7% |
| 2018 | 95 1000 t | +13.1% |
| 2019 | 109 1000 t | +14.7% |
| 2020 | 100 1000 t | -8.3% |
| 2021 | 108 1000 t | +8.0% |
| 2022 | 97 1000 t | -10.2% |
| 2023 | 91 1000 t | -6.2% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 91 1000 t is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1 1000 t, 91.0× the median. (53 countries reporting)
- China's 91 1000 t is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1 1000 t, 91.0× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 75.6 1000 t | 60 1000 t | 109 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 99 1000 t | 91 1000 t | 108 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near China
- 5 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 99 1000 t compare
- 5 United Kingdom 99 1000 t compare
- 7 Egypt 91 1000 t compare
- 9 Iraq 81 1000 t compare
- 10 Myanmar 74 1000 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for China
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0666 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 923.03 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3366 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tea (including mate) — import quantity in China?
- Tea (including mate) — import quantity in China was 91 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tea (including mate) — import quantity recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 109 1000 t in 2019.
- What is the lowest tea (including mate) — import quantity recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 60 1000 t in 2011.
- How does China rank for tea (including mate) — import quantity?
- China ranks 7th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is tea (including mate) — import quantity rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Tea (including mate) — Import quantity. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.