The Indian Tea Association (ITA) has signed an MoU with China Tea Marketing Association for lifting the volume of black tea exports from right here.

India’s tea export to neighbouring China is predicted to the touch 15 million kg (mkg) via the quit of subsequent calendar yr, a pinnacle professional of Indian Tea Association (ITA) stated.

India exported 7.76 million kg of tea to China, valued at around Rs 135 crore throughout January-October length as compared to 6.5 million kg in the year-in the past duration.

“China imports close to 30 million kg of tea annually, a chief share of which comes from Sri Lanka. This is due to the fact they preserve setting up common alternate delegations. If we may be greater active and take concerted efforts then we must be able to export near 15 million kgs of tea to China via December 2019,” the reliable said.

Indian experters ought to take gain of changing consumption pattern in China, with a growing choice for CTC, ITA said after signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with China Tea Marketing Association (CTMA), an apex tea affiliation.

India exported close to 240 million kgs of tea in 2017. Russia, UAE, UK and Iran are some of the important markets for imports of Indian teas.