Indian Tea Industry has been witnessing a steady growth in the quantum of tea imported to India. While in 2019 15.80 million kgs of tea where imported and in 2023 the imported tea stood at 23.65million kgs.
TAI stated that the actual export of Tea of Kenya to India in 2024 (as published by Tea Board Kenya) is huge which is 17.13 MKgs vis-à-vis 5.26 MKgs of tea in 2023 which is 226% ahead of last year and in 2025 Kenya exports tea to India till March is 3.9 MKgs which is 117% higher than 2024 for the same corresponding year.