Where to find buyers
Where to find buyers for Bulk black tea
Black and partly fermented tea in immediate packs over 3 kg: the bulk form sold to packers and blenders.
Importing countries
HS 090240 is black (fermented) and partly fermented tea in immediate packings exceeding 3 kg. Retail packs of 3 kg or less are a different heading. Figures include partly fermented tea, not only one black-tea grade.
Official description: Tea, black; (fermented) and partly fermented tea, in immediate packings of a content exceeding 3kg. Period 2024, flow import, partner World. Retrieved 2026-10-27. Reporters in the response: 147. The preview count matched the stored rows.
| # | Reporter | primaryValue USD | Quantity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pakistan | 618534770.796 | 235,769,695.0 kg |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 262643439.925 | — |
| 3 | Egypt | 255892844.286 | 77,552,871.526 kg |
| 4 | USA | 183304501.0 | 85,539,771.0 kg |
| 5 | Saudi Arabia | 162139502.613 | 33,427,081.0 kg |
| 6 | China | 114917110.0 | 41,549,191.148 kg |
| 7 | Germany | 104924716.539 | 29,156,159.063 kg |
| 8 | Iraq | 94544785.0 | 27,702,875.27 kg |
Figures are Comtrade primaryValue literals. Aggregate partners (World, Areas, nes, and Other …, nes) are omitted. Rank in this table is by primaryValue among the reporters kept.
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Coffee and Tea Manufacturing
NAICS 311920 (United States industry classification) tea manufacturers blend and pack tea. Money is 5 because bulk leaf is a production input. Authority is 4. Need is 5 because black tea in packs over 3 kg is what a packer buys to make retail tea.
Pakistan — reported imports of HS 090240
primaryValue 618534770.796 USD (618,534,770.796) · 2024 imports from World · rank 1 of 146
Pakistan reported primaryValue 618534770.796 USD (shown with separators as 618,534,770.796) for HS 090240 imports from the world in 2024. That number is the UN Comtrade public-preview CIF primary value for partner World. Reported quantity: 235,769,695.0 kg (quantity not flagged as estimated). Money is 5 because this reporter ranks 1 of 146 reporters in that response by primaryValue. Authority is 4 because the country is where the buyers are: importers and distributors there hold the purchase order, and the country itself does not. Need is 4. The official heading names this product but is a bit wider than one commercial form. The dollars are real for the heading, not a private estimate, and they are not a pure measure of one SKU. Official commodity description: Tea, black; (fermented) and partly fermented tea, in immediate packings of a content exceeding 3kg. The preview count matched the rows stored (147), under the 500-row cap.
Source: UN Comtrade public preview API, HS 090240, 2024 imports from World
Buyers and Purchasing Agents, Farm Products
O*NET 13 (United States occupation classification)-1021.00 farm-product buyers purchase agricultural commodities. Money is 4. Authority is 5. Need is 4 because bulk tea is an agricultural commodity, though a packer may instead employ a purchasing agent classified elsewhere.
Purchasing Managers
O*NET 11 (United States occupation classification)-3061.00 Purchasing Managers at tea packers approve the leaf vendor. Money is 4. Authority is 5. Need is 4.
Source: O*NET OnLine, United States occupation classification, 11-3061.00 — Purchasing Managers