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Tea Exports From Sri Lanka

Halpé Tea started manufacturing pure Ceylon tea as a family business in the early 1970’s with its own tea factories and plantations. Today, Halpé Tea has grown into one of the largest tea exporters in Sri Lanka and exports its produce directly from its very own factories to your door step becoming the only large scale “manufacturer + exporter” from any region of Sri Lanka. Below are the ranges of export options available for your convenience.

This is the first, most crucial step that you need to go through to complete your export order. We have a wide variety of single estate/classical blends for English Breakfast, Earl grey, afternoon tea or herbal tea in best, below best and average options to fulfil your requirement depending on the target market you wish to focus in your home land. We will be very happy to provide our professional assistance in selecting the most suitable type of tea to fit your target market.

We provide a full list of traditional & organic Black and Green teas from all regions of Sri Lanka as well as a wide variety of fruit tea, herbal tea, flavoured tea, infusions, white tea (golden tips & Silver tips) etc for your requirement. We also undertake developing new and exciting blends according to your customer requirements.

Selection of tea grade

This is the first, most crucial step that you need to go through to complete your export order. We have a wide variety of single estate/classical blends for English Breakfast, Earl grey, afternoon tea or herbal tea in best, below best and average options to fulfil your requirement depending on the target market you wish to focus in your home land. We will be very happy to provide our professional assistance in selecting the most suitable type of tea to fit your target market. We provide a full list of traditional & organic Black and Green teas from all regions of Sri Lanka as well as a wide variety of fruit tea, herbal tea, flavoured tea, infusions, white tea (golden tips & Silver tips) etc for your requirement. We also undertake developing new and exciting blends according to your customer requirements.

Packaging Type (Format- inner)

At the second stage, buyers are required to select the type of packaging for the tea. Selection criteria ranges from pyramid tea bags (luxury market), traditional double chamber/single chamber/pot tea bags (supermarkets, fmcg, restaurants, horeca market), or Loose tea or large bulk tea sacks.

Packaging Type (Format- Outer) & Design

At this stage, buyers are required to select the outer packaging. Selecton Selection criteria ranges from Tins, Carton packs, Pouches, Catering packs & paper bags all in various gramage (grams/kilograms) as per the client requirement. Once this is sorted we send you the dimensions of the selected packaging for the designing of your product. We also provide you the service of designing the package artwork for you on your requirement. Once artworks are completed, samples will be sent for review & approval of order.

Shipment Selection& handling

Depending on the order, clients could select a series of shipment modes such as Sea freight, Air freight, courier, on terms CIF, C&F or FOB. Commonly used and most economical form of shipping is sea freight. However, based on urgency, we provide large quantity shipments via air freight at any time based on the client’s requirements. Small orders or samples are generally advisable to be ordered by air or courier.

Payment & production lead time

Payment options are as follows 100% Telegraphic Transfer (T/T) Letter of Credit (L/C) at sight Once payment is confirmed the order will commence production. Production lead time generally 30-45 days upon confirmation of order. Samples & small orders could be developed faster than above mentioned time frame.