Lebanon | Imports and Exports | World | Tea | Value (US$) and Value Growth, YoY (%) | 2012 - 2023
| Commodity | Reporter | Partner | Trade flow | Indicator | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| 0902. Tea, whether or not flavoured | Lebanon | World | Exports | Value (US$) | 1,502,881.00 | 1,893,145.00 | 2,053,035.00 | 1,708,538.93 | 1,831,435.00 | 1,805,360.76 | 3,656,450.45 | 1,810,490.91 | 1,305,891.00 | 455,463.00 | 723,847.00 | 2,334,622.00 |
| Value Growth, YoY (%) | -15.00 | 25.96 | 8.44 | -16.77 | 7.19 | -1.42 | 102.53 | -50.48 | -27.87 | -65.12 | 58.92 | 222.52 | ||||
| Imports | Value (US$) | 19,412,834.00 | 23,808,225.00 | 27,804,795.00 | 21,786,868.81 | 23,437,552.00 | 30,840,591.17 | 26,903,847.40 | 23,742,491.42 | 19,517,590.00 | 22,753,055.00 | 15,803,580.00 | 21,995,549.00 | |||
| Value Growth, YoY (%) | 6.47 | 22.64 | 16.78 | -21.64 | 7.57 | 31.58 | -12.76 | -11.75 | -17.79 | 16.57 | -30.54 | 39.18 |
The value of exports of commodity group 0902 "Tea, whether or not flavoured" from Lebanon totalled $ 2.33 million in 2023. Sales of commodity group 0902 from Lebanon went up by 222% compared to 2022: exports of commodity group 0902 "Tea, whether or not flavoured" went up by $ 1.61 million (cumulative exports of commodity group 0902 from Lebanon amounted $723 thousand in 2022)
Exports of commodity group 0902 "Tea, whether or not flavoured" amounted to 0.051% of total exports from Lebanon (cumulative merchandise exports from Lebanon totalled $ 4.56 billion in 2023). The share of commodity group 0902 in total exports from Lebanon increased by 0.032 p.p. compared to 2022 (it was 0.018% in 2022 and cumulative exports from Lebanon were equal to $ 3.86 billion).
Exports of commodity group 0902 amounted to 4.98% of total sales of group "" from Lebanon in 2023 (the value of exports of commodity group from Lebanon amounted to $46 million in 2023). The share of exports of commodity group 0902 in sales of commodity group from Lebanon increased by 3.3 p.p. compared to 2022 (it was 1.68% in 2022, and exports of commodity group from Lebanon were $43 million).
Where does Lebanon export Tea, whether or not flavoured?
Top export destinations of "Tea, whether or not flavoured" from Lebanon in 2023:
- United Arab Emirates with a share of 32% (767 thousand US$)
- Côte d`Ivoire with a share of 11.6% (272 thousand US$)
- Germany with a share of 10.2% (239 thousand US$)
- Sri Lanka with a share of 4.62% (107 thousand US$)
- Kuwait with a share of 4.25% (99 thousand US$)
- Turkey with a share of 3.58% (83 thousand US$)
- Canada with a share of 2.81% (65 thousand US$)
- Nigeria with a share of 2.74% (64 thousand US$)
- Liberia with a share of 2.53% (59 thousand US$)
- Congo with a share of 2.39% (55 thousand US$)
Exports structure of 0902 - Tea, whether or not flavoured - from Lebanon in 2023 represented by the following main commodity groups:
- 53% (1.24 million US$): 090230 - Tea, black (fermented) & partly fermented tea, whether or not flavoured, in immediate packings of a content not >3kg
- 39% (919 thousand US$): 090240 - Tea, black (fermented) & partly fermented tea, whether or not flavoured, in immediate packings of a content >3kg
- 6.75% (157 thousand US$): 090210 - Tea, green (not fermented), whether or not flavoured, in immediate packings of a content not >3kg
- 0.378% (8.84 thousand US$): 090220 - Tea, green (not fermented), whether or not flavoured, in immediate packings of a content >3kg
The value of imports of commodity group 0902 "Tea, whether or not flavoured" to Lebanon totalled $ 21 million in 2023. Sales of commodity group 0902 to Lebanon went up by 39% compared to 2022: imports of commodity group 0902 "Tea, whether or not flavoured" went up by $ 6.19 million (the value of imports of commodity group 0902 to Lebanon was equal to $15.8 million in 2022)
Imports of commodity group 0902 "Tea, whether or not flavoured" accounted for 0.121% of total import flow to Lebanon (in 2023, total imports to Lebanon amounted to $ 18.1 billion). The share of commodity group 0902 in total imports to Lebanon increased by 0.04 p.p. compared to 2022 (it was 0.081% in 2022 and cumulative imports to Lebanon were equal to $ 19.5 billion).
Imports of commodity group 0902 reached 18.3% of total imports of group "" to Lebanon in 2023 (imports of commodity group to Lebanon totalled $119 million in 2023). The share of purchases of commodity group 0902 in total imports of commodity group to Lebanon increased by 1.23 p.p. compared to 2022 (it was 17.1% in 2022, and imports of commodity group to Lebanon accounted for $92 million).
Where does Lebanon import Tea, whether or not flavoured from?
Top trading partners (import of "Tea, whether or not flavoured") of Lebanon in 2023:
- Sri Lanka with a share of 77% (17.1 million US$)
- Egypt with a share of 16.7% (3.69 million US$)
- United Arab Emirates with a share of 1.85% (408 thousand US$)
- India with a share of 1.45% (320 thousand US$)
- Poland - 198 thousand US$
- China - 50 thousand US$
- Vietnam - 49 thousand US$
- USA - 42 thousand US$
- Germany - 37 thousand US$
- Jordan - 32 thousand US$
Imports structure of 0902 - Tea, whether or not flavoured - to Lebanon in 2023 represented by the following main commodity groups:
- 80% (17.6 million US$): 090230 - Tea, black (fermented) & partly fermented tea, whether or not flavoured, in immediate packings of a content not >3kg
- 15.2% (3.34 million US$): 090240 - Tea, black (fermented) & partly fermented tea, whether or not flavoured, in immediate packings of a content >3kg
- 4.25% (935 thousand US$): 090210 - Tea, green (not fermented), whether or not flavoured, in immediate packings of a content not >3kg
- 0.493% (108 thousand US$): 090220 - Tea, green (not fermented), whether or not flavoured, in immediate packings of a content >3kg
