From January to September, the republic imported 6,000 tons of tea worth a total of 10 million dollars. This is significantly less than in the same period of 2024, when imports amounted to 7,800 tons and the value reached 9.7 million dollars.
The main countries supplying tea to Kyrgyzstan:
| January-August 2025 | January-August 2024 | |||
| Country - commodity group | quantity in tons | thousand dollars | quantity in tons | thousand dollars |
| Tea | 6,090 | 10,855 | 7,806 | 9,726 |
| Kazakhstan | 3,726 | 4,032 | 5,867 | 3,991 |
| Sri Lanka | 672 | 1,303 | 485 | 1,164 |
| Russia | 570 | 3,457 | 472 | 2,685 |
| China | 538 | 838 | 373 | 474 |
| Kenya | 376 | 686 | 413 | 964 |
| India | 80 | 151 | 3 | 18 |
| Uzbekistan | 44 | 140 | 3 | 12 |
| Iran | 37 | 79 | 29 | 51 |
| Turkey | 18 | 72 | 22 | 88 |
| Vietnam | 18 | 32 | 18 | 18 |
| Mongolia | 4 | 24 | 2 | 17 |
| Armenia | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Singapore | 2 | 12 | 1 | 7 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 3 | 116 | 200 |
| Taiwan (Province of China) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
