According to statistics from the General Administration of Customs of Vietnam, in January 2025, Vietnam's total tea exports were 9,700 tons, with exports of 16.4 million US dollars, down 21.6% and 21.5% respectively year-on-year. The decrease in exports was mainly due to the interruption of exports of goods due to the Lunar New Year holiday at the end of January 2025. The average export price was $1,693.7 / ton, up 0.2% from January 2024.
Pakistan is the largest export market for Vietnamese tea. In January 2025, Vietnam's tea exports to Pakistan amounted to 3,400 tons (35.1% of Vietnam's total exports), with an export value of 6.4 million US dollars (38.7% of exports), down 24.8% and 30.3% respectively year-on-year.
Vietnam's tea exports to Russia have grown significantly. In January 2025, Vietnam exported 632 tons of tea to Russia, with an export value of 1.2 million US dollars, up 19.2% and 48.5% respectively. China's Taiwan Province ranked third, with exports of 713 tons and exports of $1.16 million, down 23.2% and 15.3%, respectively.
According to the US International Trade Commission statistics, in 2024, the US tea imports reached 125,000 tons, the import value of 556.6 million US dollars, an increase of 19.2% and 12.2% respectively. The average import price was US $4,453.8 / ton, down 5.9% year on year.
Argentina is the largest supplier of tea to the United States, accounting for 38.4 percent of total U.S. tea imports. This was followed by India, which imported 13,300 tons and imported $60.1 million, an increase of 27% and 21.1%, respectively. Imports from China were 11,900 tons, with an import value of 55.5 million US dollars, up 24.8% and 16.1%, respectively. Imports from Vietnam were 6,800 tons, with an import value of $9.8 million, up 46.3 and 32.4%, respectively.
Although the US tea imports from Vietnam have achieved rapid growth, Vietnam's share is still low, and there is great potential to expand the US market in the future.
In 2024, black tea was the main tea imported by the United States, with 105,500 tons imported and $341.7 million imported, up 17.7 percent and 14.9 percent, respectively. Argentina is a major supplier of black tea to the United States. The United States imported 7,800 tons of green tea, with an import value of $208.6 million, an increase of 26.3% and 7.3%, respectively. Vietnam is the seventh largest supplier of green tea to the United States, with exports of 728 tons and exports of $1.8 million, up 70.1% and 32.4%, respectively.
