Export tea and tea products from Vietnam: Freight, Procedure And Export Duties In Vietnam 2025

Do you want to import tea and tea products from Vietnam? Do you need to calculate freight from Vietnam to your place? Do you want to know more about Vietnam’s procedure and export duties on exporting tea and tea products from Vietnam?

In this article, Logistics HP Global Vietnam, whose many years of freight and logistics services exports tea and tea products from Vietnam.

HS code and export duty of tea and tea products in Vietnam 2025

In importing/exporting any commodity, In order to properly determine duties, policies, and procedures of the commodity, one of the first things needed to determine is the HS code of the commodity

HS code and Customs duty of tea and tea products in Vietnam

Tea and tea products under:

• Chapter 09: Coffee, tea, maté and spices
• Chapter 21: Miscellaneous edible preparations

HS Code	Descriptions	Export VAT (%) 2025	Export duty (%) 2025
0902	Tea, whether or not flavoured
090210	– Green tea (not fermented) in immediate packings of a content not exceeding 3 kg:
09021010	– – Leaves	0	Not in the list of goods subject to export tax or tax rate
09021090	– – Other	0	Not in the list of goods subject to export tax or tax rate
090220	– Other green tea (not fermented):
09022010	– – Leaves	0	Not in the list of goods subject to export tax or tax rate
09022090	– – Other	0	Not in the list of goods subject to export tax or tax rate
090230	– Black tea (fermented) and partly fermented tea, in immediate packings of a content not exceeding 3 kg:
09023010	– – Leaves	0	Not in the list of goods subject to export tax or tax rate
09023090	– – Other	0	Not in the list of goods subject to export tax or tax rate
090240	– Other black tea (fermented) and other partly fermented tea:
09024010	– – Leaves	0	Not in the list of goods subject to export tax or tax rate
09024090	– – Other	0	Not in the list of goods subject to export tax or tax rate
09030000	Maté	0	Not in the list of goods subject to export tax or tax rate
210120	– Extracts, essences and concentrates, of tea or maté, and preparations with a basis of these extracts, essences or concentrates or with a basis of tea or maté:
21012020	– – tea Extracts for the manufacture of tea preparations, in powder form	0	Not in the list of goods subject to export tax or tax rate
21012030	– – preparations of tea consisting of a mixture of tea, milk powder and sugar	0	Not in the list of goods subject to export tax or tax rate
21012090	– – Other	0	Not in the list of goods subject to export tax or tax rate

Note: The HS code and taxes mentioned above are for reference only.

Governmental management and export procedure of tea and tea products in Vietnam

What license does tea and tea products commodity need to export?

When exporting tea products, there are no special export policies and procedures.

*Note: Discuss specifically with importers abroad to see what documents they require from the exporter to carry out customs clearance at the import terminal. In there:

• In case the importer requests a quarantine and fumigation certificate: The exporter is required to do quarantine and fumigation for the shipment.
• In case a food hygiene and safety quality certificate is required: The exporter is required to do a food hygiene and safety inspection for the shipment.

→ Contact us for inbound and outbound shipment to / from Vietnam – Email: info@hpgloballtd.com

Customs procedure of Export tea and tea products from Vietnam

Customs dossiers for export of tea and tea products normally include:

• Business registration (if exporting for the first time, no need for the next time)
• Commercial Invoice
• Letter of introduction
• With full container: Minutes of container handover
• Certificate of origin (CO). For example: C/O form D, B, E, v.v…depends on which country imports
• For some branches: Add input documents for commercial goods
• With some branches: add the Agreement to develop the Customs – Enterprise Partnership
• Professional license (In case the importer requests):

– Unprocessed: Phytosanitary certificate

– Processed: Food hygiene and safety quality certificate

→ For more information about Vietnam’s customs system, please refer to the article Overview of Vietnam Customs System

Certificate of Vietnam origin of tea and tea products:

Currently, Vietnam has signed FTA with more than 50 countries in the world, there is the possibility that you can enjoy special preferential import duty when you import tea and tea products commodities from Vietnam

→ To check whether your country and Vietnam have MFN (Most favored nation) and FTA (Free Trade Agreement), you can check at the article: Overview Of Trade Relations Between Vietnam And The World

→ To see List of FTA Vietnam joined, you can find at the article: List of FTA Vietnam Joined

→ Need service for applying C/O in Vietnam, contact for advice and quotation: +84 984 870 199 or +84 886 115 726

Export goods label – Shipping mark

For exported goods, when ensuring smooth transportation and customs procedures, businesses should affix shipping marks on the packages.

Shipping mark content normally includes the following:

• Product names in English
• Name of importing unit
• MADE IN VIETNAM
• Package number/total number of packages
• In addition, information such as contract/invoice number can be added on the shipping mark
• Notes on arrangement and transportation of goods (if any): eg: need to be placed vertically, fragile goods, etc.

Freight Shipping from Vietnam

HP Global Vietnam – Freight Forwarder provide sea, air freight and customs brokerage, import – export license service for cargo transportation from Vietnam to the world and vice versa

Currently, centers of international airports and sea ports of Vietnam are:

From the North of Vietnam:

Export by sea: from Hai Phong area (VNHPH, Lach Huyen VNCLH)

Export by air: from Ha Noi (VNHAN)

From middle of Vietnam:

Export by sea and air: from Da Nang (VNDAD, VNDTS)

From South of Vietnam:

Export by sea from Ho Chi Minh area (VNHCM HO CHI MINH; VNVUT VUNG TAU; VNCLI CAT LAI; VNCMT CAI MEP))

Export by air from Ho Chi Minh (VNSGN)

Most of all biggest airlines and shipping lines are having business in Vietnam, therefore, normally, it is convenient to find a shipping space.

→ For more information about this content, please refer to the article Overview of Vietnam Seaports  and Overview of International Airports in Vietnam

Shipping time by sea and by air

You can refer to the detailed shipping time from Vietnam to some major markets for tea and tea products in the below articles:

List of main markets where Vietnam has a significant tea and tea products Export volume

Country	Shipping time from Vietnam	Latest update on trade turnover with Vietnam
India	Cargo Transportation Vietnam – India	Cargo shipping Vietnam – India
USA	Cargo Transportation Vietnam – USA	Cargo shipping Vietnam – USA

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Export Turnover of tea and tea products from Vietnam

Export value of tea and tea products from Vietnam annually:

Updated Export value of tea and tea products from Vietnam per territories/countries:

Which countries does Vietnam export tea and tea products to?

Market	Unit	December – 2024		2024
		Volume	Value (USD)	Volume	Value (USD)
India	Ton	614	777.630	3.064	4.154.631
Saudi Arabia	Ton	351	933.393	2.229	5.869.803
Poland	Ton	20	25.208	567	879.427
United Arab Emirates	Ton	35	82.563	1.048	2.337.434
Kazakhstan	Ton	109	147.031	1.163	1.613.470
Kuwait	Ton			35	95.083
Taiwan	Ton	1.377	2.338.028	15.046	25.985.825
Germany	Ton	23	114.566	244	1.153.326
United States of America	Ton	677	1.189.077	7.638	11.404.286
Indonesia	Ton	875	802.350	10.321	10.803.224
Iraq	Ton	204	348.276	3.150	5.035.240
Malaysia	Ton	515	363.045	5.772	4.276.491
Russian Federation	Ton	709	1.254.218	7.151	12.004.893
Pakistan	Ton	4.964	9.518.017	51.601	106.752.316
Philippines	Ton	54	170.329	881	2.437.904
Turkey	Ton			88	213.018
China	Ton	1.190	1.391.546	13.451	18.808.762
Ukraine	Ton	43	51.477	570	839.006

Source: Synthesized data from statistics of the General Department of Customs Vietnam

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