Report of China green and black tea exports and tea imports into US for January - October 2020
October 2020 trade data was recently published by the China Tea Marketing Association and the US Census Bureau,
Firsd Tea reported HERE and HERE about the October Chinese National Day Holiday initiating a period of "Shipageddon" projected to continue until the middle of December or beyond. Containers of tea were dropped from shipments and left at Chinese ports for days or (in some cases) weeks awaiting the next available ocean carrier. At this point, it is difficult to determine how much of this lag will affect US import numbers. Firsd Tea continues to monitor the situation, including re-supplying our US inventory with recently arrived containers and further containers currently on the water.