TEA PRODUCTION RECORD
December 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLGLOBAL tea production in 2003 reached a record high of 3.15 million tonnes, 75,000 tonnes more than in 2002, and although traded tea fell by 2.6% to 1.4 million tonnes, prices remained stable, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). Production boomed mainly because of favourable weather concluded the FAO, which said that India accounted for 27.4% of world output, China 24.6%, Sri Lanka 9.75%, and Kenya 9.4%. Indian production increased markedly to 857,000 tonnes, up from 829,000 in 2002. However, Indian tea exports fell 13% to ...
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