Tea seed oil in America is just starting out to emerge. Like how avocado was first introduced to the North America, it took about a decade educating, promoting, and localizing to make it now one of the most beloved fruit of American. So does tea seed oil. Starting with a foreign story, it will more and more appear on American's dinning table in in the foreseeable future.

American Imported Oil Market

At present, olive oil occupies about 8% of market shares in the U.S imported edible oilmarket(with a sales volume of 300 thousand tons).

As the similar type in the vegetable oil category , even encroach 2% of sales volume which olive oil reached, seed oil can expect a market share of 11 million pounds/about 5000 tons per year.

Edible Oil Consumption in the United States

Among the common categories, tea seed oil has not shown a comparable consumption level yet.

It shows that currently tea seed oils are still under the entry phase in the market. Additionally the tea seed oils are more commonly accepted for external use in the U.S.

Worldwide Trend of Vegetable Oils.

The consumption of vegetable oils has shown a steady growth worldwide for the last two decades, corresponding the population increase.

For long term, the population-growth driving factor secure the room for new entries in the oil industry.

Oil production in North America

American tea seed oil industry is making progress and innovating. Check the video to see the new opportunity of producing camellia oils domestically.

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