UKTIA Membership & Registration

Membership Criteria

Any firm, company or other corporation trading in tea and/or herbal infusions in the United Kingdom (UK), or any Tea Board or Tea Association and/or herbal infusions equivalent from a producing country, or any international company or organisation allied to the tea and/or herbal infusions trade, that is trading in the UK  shall be eligible for membership in one of the following categories subject to the following qualification:

Full Member - Company Trading in the United Kingdom (UK)

Firms, companies or other corporations who are bona fide packers, blenders or traders of tea within the UK and can demonstrate experience as a Food Business Operator, or equivalent experience gained within the tea and/or herbal infusions industry, and who can confirm they comply with all legal requirements necessary to trade tea and/or herbal infusions in the UK, shall be eligible for membership of the Association as a full member.

Firms, companies or other corporations 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 UKTIA.

Full UKTIA members have a requirement to be members of the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) either through individual company corporate membership or through the UKTIA 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 UKTIA 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 UKTIA.

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

Table of Membership Benefits

Benefit	FULL	Producer	Associate
Full Voting Rights	Yes	Yes
Eligible as Exec Board Member	Yes	Yes
Operating Group Member	Yes	Yes
European Committee Attendance	Yes	Yes
News Alerts	Yes	Yes	Yes
Receive Exec Board Minutes	Yes	Yes
Secure Full Members Website Area	Yes	Yes
Access to FDF website	Yes	Yes
UKTIA Website Listing	Yes	Yes	Yes
Full Market Data	Y	Yes
Annual Report	Yes	Yes	Yes
Signposting to Industry Guidance	Yes	Yes	Yes
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Registration

If you would like to register an interest in becoming a member of the UK Tea & Infusions Association please send an email to info@ukteainfusions.co.uk clearly stating the name and nature of your business, contact details and why you would like to join. We will then contact you to discuss your application in more detail.