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The members area channel is dedicated exclusively for the use of companies and their staff who appear on the UK Tea Council register of members.

The members area of the site has been created to keep registered members informed about the latest activity being undertaken by the UK Tea Council and to give them access to a raft of Council information and data. If your company is a registered UK Tea Council member, please login below. By registering and subscribing we can keep you up to date with our communications activity and other interesting and important news.

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Becoming a member of the United Kingdom Tea Council

The Executive Board of United Kingdom Tea Council Ltd (UKTC) welcomes applications for membership from companies, businesses and producers who are actively trading tea or who are associated with the world-wide tea trade. Membership brings a variety of benefits as well as the opportunity to engage with and influence the work of the UK and international tea trade. Members have access to a critical range of information and intelligence relating to food and packaging legislation, tea and health science, consumer data, supply chain matters, production and consumption statistics, scientific and technical expertise and ethical sourcing.

If you or your company would like to know more about becoming either a full or associate member of UKTC please send your company details to tea@teacouncil.co.uk.

Membership Criteria

Any firm, company or other corporation registered in the United Kingdom and trading tea, or any producer country Tea Board or country Tea Association that trades tea with the United Kingdom, or any international company or organisation allied to the tea trade shall be eligible for membership in either of the following categories subject to the following qualification: -

Full Member - UK Listed Company

Firms, companies or other corporations registered in the United Kingdom and who are bona fide packers, blenders or traders of tea within the United Kingdom shall be eligible for membership of the Council as a full member.

Firms, companies or other corporations registered in the United Kingdom who have a direct interest in the tea trade specifically with regard to estate production, shipping, trading, warehousing, distribution and supplying various materials to the tea trade, shall be eligible for full membership of UKTC.

Full UKTC members have a requirement to be members of the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) either through individual company corporate membership or through the UKTC consolidated FDF membership scheme for smaller companies.

Full Member - Tea Producing Country

Any country specific Tea Board, Tea Association or Chamber of Commerce tea division which is constituted to represent either the private or corporate sectors of the tea industry in that country will be eligible to join UKTC as a full producer member.

Tea producing countries have no requirement to be members of FDF.

Associate Member

Firms, companies or other corporations registered in the United Kingdom and or international companies who are allied to the tea trade, as a grower, supplier, marketer, shall be eligible for associate membership of UKTC.

UK tea packers and producer countries are not eligible for Associate Member status. Associate members shall have no voting rights.

Table of Membership Benefits