Changes in the global tea trade network

Year of publication2024

AuthorFAO

PublisherFAO

AbstractThis document describes the evolution of global patterns of tea trade between 2005 and 2020. Based on a network analytical approach, it is shown that most countries traded tea with more partners in 2020 compared with 2005. Especially on the export side, the structure of the tea trade network appears to have undergone some decentralization, in which trade became relatively less concentrated in individual trade hubs.

 

ThemeAgricultural Commodities and Development

Product typeBrochure (factsheet; flyer/leaflet; Poster; banner)

Areas of workGlobal Commodity Markets

CommodityTea

Keywordsconsumption, development, exports, network analysis, tea, tea industry, trade