tea export
India Exports to Pakistan Drop by Half
Indian tea exports to Pakistan have dropped by half. Re-exports of Indian tea through the United Arab Emirates typically fill the gap when political tensions rise between these two nations, but not this time. Read more
Sri Lanka Sets Ambitious Export Goals
Sri Lanka’s tea industry is enthusiastic about a $3.5 billion goal for exports by 2030. To be successful, production will need to increase to an estimated 350 million kilos. Read more
Iran Tea Exports Climb Despite Sanctions
Farmers at the local tea harvest festival in Darbaq, in Iran’s Gilan province, were buoyant on good yields through mid-July. Iran’s Tea Factories Syndicate reported an 18% increase in volume to 50,309 metric tons of green leaf Read more
Tariff Troubles
China ships very little coffee to the US but it is America’s largest supplier of green tea. The World’s Top Exports website, using data compiled from the US Department of Agriculture, lists China as the world’s top tea exporting nation. Read more
Targets Tea Brand-building
Both the domestic and export tea markets in Vietnam are marked by the same growing priority: branding. Read more
Selling English Tea to China
China becoming a major export market for Indian and Sri Lankan black tea and English name brand tea bags. Read more
Certification: A Breakdown in Communications
Third-party certifications heralded as progressive solutions are souring for producers as the priority of marketing engagement trumps poverty relief. Read more
Using DNA to Authenticate Tea
Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Group’s Wanglaoji has won the first ever China National Science Award in 2017 for its development of a DNA barcoding database for identifying and authenticating raw materials and genetic ingredients. Read more
Innovation in Kenya
Kenya faces many challenges in its dominant market of low price commodity tea exports. It is moving on many fronts toward premiumization. Read more
New Emphasis on Exports
India exported 222.45 million kilos (m.kg)of tea in 2016, which is only a sixth of the tea grown there. Most of the exported tea is lower grade for blending. Only a small portion is processed as full-leaf orthodox. Read more
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Revitalizing Iran
Iran is one of the world’s top tea-consuming nations. While most tea is imported, the government subsidizes growers and is nurturing the development of hand-processed specialty tea. Read more
Tea Totals Rise as Exports Slide
There was much less tea sailing the high seas last year than could be found in local market stalls. Read more
Georgian Tea Returns
Ex-Soviet republic intends to bring its struggling tea industry back to life. Read more
Tea Exports Will Double
During the first three months of 2016, Rwanda has more than doubled its tea export receipts from $7.1 million in the first three months of 2015 to $18.8 million. Read more
Global Dubai Tea Forum April 5-7
The Global Dubai Tea Forum addresses every aspect of the tea supply chain bringing together producers, merchant exporters, buyers, blenders, machine manufacturers, and raw materials suppliers to discuss opportunities and challenges in the industry. Read more
Rwanda tea exports rise
Volumes of tea exported from Rwanda in the first 11 months of 2015 increased to 22.7 million kilos, up from 20.7 million kilos during the same period of 2014. Read more
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