agricultural · input

Raw Tea Leaf (Camellia sinensis)

Plucked green tea leaf, processed into black/green tea. Grown in tropical highlands; Kenya is the largest black-tea exporter, with India, China and Sri Lanka the other majors. Smallholder-driven, weather-sensitive.

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Source countries

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Companies

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Goods affected

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Claims on record

What depends on it

Goods that need this input

1 essential American goods rely on raw tea leaf (camellia sinensis) somewhere upstream in their supply chain.

Where it comes from

Source countries

Share of global supply, by country.

CountryShare of supply
CNChina47%
INIndia20%
KEKenya8%
LKSri Lanka4%
TRTurkey4%
VNVietnam4%

Who makes it

Supplier companies

3 companies produce raw tea leaf (camellia sinensis).

Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA)

HQ KE

Management agency for ~600,000 Kenyan smallholder tea farmers; world's largest producer of black tea by this structure.

Lipton Teas and Infusions (ekaterra)

HQ NL

World's largest tea company (Lipton/PG Tips/Brooke Bond), spun out of Unilever (CVC-owned) in 2022.

Tata Consumer Products(500800.BO)

HQ IN

Owner of Tata Tea and Tetley; major global tea brand and sourcer.