Understanding Tea

Austria’s Tea Industry: Export and Import Analysis

Austria’s tea industry showcases a steady flow of exports and imports, contributing to the global tea trade. While not among the largest players in the market, Austria demonstrates consistent growth and engagement with key trade partners such as Italy, Germany, and France for exports, and Germany, the Netherlands, and Poland for imports.

Tea Imports Exports

Exports

In 2021, Austria exported a total of $11.9 million worth of tea, positioning itself as the 43rd largest tea exporter globally. Among Austria’s exports, tea ranked 708th in terms of product prominence within the country. The primary destinations for Austrian tea exports included Italy ($4.21 million), Germany ($1.88 million), France ($1.34 million), Hungary ($625,000), and Romania ($494,000).

Austria witnessed noteworthy growth in tea exports between 2020 and 2021, with France leading the surge at an increase of $471,000. The United Arab Emirates followed with a growth of $270,000, and Romania with $155,000.

ContinentCountryTrade Value
AfricaMorocco8
AfricaSeychelles37
AfricaSouth Africa2,445
AfricaZambia10
AsiaUnited Arab Emirates306,489
AsiaArmenia13,688
AsiaAzerbaijan2,563
AsiaBahrain8,638
AsiaChina69,514
AsiaCyprus29,617
AsiaGeorgia20,116
AsiaHong Kong71
AsiaIndia7,950
AsiaIsrael9,531
AsiaJordan5,639
AsiaJapan39,050
AsiaKazakhstan9,996
AsiaSouth Korea518
AsiaKuwait5,077
AsiaSri Lanka39
AsiaMacau494
AsiaMongolia128
AsiaMalaysia17,827
AsiaQatar918
AsiaSaudi Arabia13,128
AsiaSingapore70
AsiaTurkey192
AsiaUzbekistan24,157
AsiaChinese Taipei2,414
EuropeAlbania598
EuropeBelgium17,936
EuropeBulgaria44,096
EuropeBosnia and Herzegovina36,887
EuropeSwitzerland209,552
EuropeCzechia112,105
EuropeGermany1,882,683
EuropeDenmark37,147
EuropeSpain28,377
EuropeEstonia2,668
EuropeFinland167,372
EuropeFrance1,342,399
EuropeUnited Kingdom114,679
EuropeGreece6,950
EuropeCroatia129,602
EuropeHungary624,553
EuropeIreland10,239
EuropeIceland1,080
EuropeItaly4,211,241
EuropeLithuania1,775
EuropeLuxembourg3,831
EuropeLatvia8,364
EuropeMoldova57,354
EuropeNorth Macedonia7,200
EuropeMalta112
EuropeMontenegro8,848
EuropeNetherlands312,966
EuropeNorway7,717
EuropePoland378,140
EuropePortugal11,585
EuropeRomania494,222
EuropeRussia155,840
EuropeSerbia225,861
EuropeSlovakia129,852
EuropeSlovenia188,631
EuropeSweden112,955
EuropeUkraine96,830
North AmericaCanada1,928
North AmericaCayman Islands9
North AmericaUnited States134,768
OceaniaAustralia7,399
OceaniaFiji2,730
OceaniaNew Zealand551
South AmericaChile11
Table: Where Austria Export Its Tea (2021)

Imports

As an importer, Austria brought in approximately $26.4 million worth of tea in 2021, positioning itself as the 55th largest tea importer globally. Among Austria’s imports, tea ranked 641st in terms of prominence within the country. The primary sources of tea imports for Austria were Germany ($14.2 million), the Netherlands ($5.58 million), Poland ($2.24 million), Sri Lanka ($910,000), and Czechia ($744,000).

Austria observed substantial growth in tea imports between 2020 and 2021, primarily driven by Germany with an increase of $1.68 million. The Netherlands followed suit with a growth of $651,000, and the United Arab Emirates with $458,000.

ContinentCountryTrade Value
AfricaEgypt34,527
AfricaGhana75
AfricaKenya203,741
AfricaMorocco531
AfricaMauritius46
AfricaMalawi192
AfricaNigeria2,439
AfricaTanzania247
AfricaSouth Africa1,752
AsiaAfghanistan7
AsiaUnited Arab Emirates458,669
AsiaChina160,411
AsiaHong Kong1,358
AsiaIndonesia412,807
AsiaIndia48,389
AsiaIran10,869
AsiaIsrael3,256
AsiaJapan50,292
AsiaCambodia94
AsiaSouth Korea10,303
AsiaKuwait7
AsiaLaos147
AsiaSri Lanka909,861
AsiaMacau47
AsiaMalaysia65
AsiaNepal11,958
AsiaPakistan234
AsiaPhilippines178
AsiaSingapore3,575
AsiaThailand7,892
AsiaTurkey266,723
AsiaVietnam15,113
AsiaChinese Taipei42,754
EuropeBelgium28,319
EuropeSwitzerland213,042
EuropeCzechia743,850
EuropeGermany14,237,981
EuropeDenmark23,807
EuropeSpain4,223
EuropeFrance86,473
EuropeUnited Kingdom150,171
EuropeGreece2,598
EuropeCroatia242
EuropeHungary14,113
EuropeIreland899
EuropeIceland21
EuropeItaly178,085
EuropeLithuania550
EuropeLuxembourg1,643
EuropeMontenegro338
EuropeNetherlands5,577,651
EuropePoland2,236,029
EuropePortugal13,486
EuropeRomania13,556
EuropeRussia4,480
EuropeSerbia720
EuropeSlovakia79,912
EuropeSlovenia100
EuropeSweden17,140
EuropeUkraine7,553
North AmericaCanada2,981
North AmericaSaint Lucia598
North AmericaMexico122
North AmericaUnited States107,513
OceaniaAustralia58
OceaniaNew Zealand51
South AmericaArgentina356
South AmericaBrazil90
Table: Where Does Austria Import Its Tea (2021)

Potential Of Tea Import and Export Between Vietnam-Austria

While the bilateral trade between Vietnam and Austria may not currently reach significant levels, it is worth noting that Austria’s tea imports in 2021 amounted to a total value of $15,113. Recognizing this, it becomes evident that Vietnam, as a global leader in tea production and export, has immense potential to collaborate with Austria in introducing Vietnamese tea to the Austrian market in the foreseeable future.

Tariffs

Examining the tariff landscape for Austria in 1990, the average tariff rate for tea stood at 2.13%. Notably, Mayotte, South Sudan, South Africa, Antarctica, and the French South Antarctic Territory had the highest import tariffs for tea, all at a rate of 5.33% under the Most Favored Nation duty rate treatment.

Data: BACI

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