Tea (including mate) — Import quantity in United Kingdom
United Kingdom: Tea (including mate) — Import quantity was 99 1000 t in 2023. ▼ Falling
Tea (including mate) — Import quantity in United Kingdom, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for tea (including mate) — import quantity in United Kingdom is 99 1000 t, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of down 17.5% on the previous year and down 29.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tea (including mate) — import quantity in United Kingdom peaked at 157 1000 t in 2011 and was at its lowest, 99 1000 t, in 2023.
United Kingdom ranks 5th of 194 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Tea (including mate) — Import quantity in United Kingdom, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 153 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 157 1000 t | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 148 1000 t | -5.7% |
| 2013 | 140 1000 t | -5.4% |
| 2014 | 129 1000 t | -7.9% |
| 2015 | 137 1000 t | +6.2% |
| 2016 | 130 1000 t | -5.1% |
| 2017 | 130 1000 t | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 130 1000 t | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 126 1000 t | -3.1% |
| 2020 | 134 1000 t | +6.3% |
| 2021 | 110 1000 t | -17.9% |
| 2022 | 120 1000 t | +9.1% |
| 2023 | 99 1000 t | -17.5% |
United Kingdom compared with similar countries
- United Kingdom's 99 1000 t is above the median for high income countries, which is 2 1000 t, 49.5× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- United Kingdom's 99 1000 t is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 3 1000 t, 33.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 138 1000 t | 126 1000 t | 157 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 115.75 1000 t | 99 1000 t | 134 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near United Kingdom
- 2 United States 183 1000 t compare
- 3 Russian Federation 108 1000 t compare
- 3 Russia 108 1000 t compare
- 5 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 99 1000 t compare
- 7 Egypt 91 1000 t compare
- 7 China 91 1000 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for United Kingdom
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.26 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0064 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 368.63 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1852 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1668 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tea (including mate) — import quantity in United Kingdom?
- Tea (including mate) — import quantity in United Kingdom was 99 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 United Kingdom?
- The highest recorded value was 157 1000 t in 2011.
- What is the lowest tea (including mate) — import quantity recorded in United Kingdom?
- The lowest recorded value was 99 1000 t in 2023.
- How does United Kingdom rank for tea (including mate) — import quantity?
- United Kingdom ranks 5th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is tea (including mate) — import quantity rising or falling in United Kingdom?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this United Kingdom 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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About this data
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.