India’s tea exports stood at 216.99 million kg in the first eleven month of 2017. As per data compiled by Tea Board, this is a jump of 8.3% as compared to exports of 200.36 million kg during same period of last year. This jump is on account of more purchase from countries like Egypt, Iran and China.
Egypt imported 8.54 million kg of tea during this period, up from 3.4 million kg a year ago, while Iran bought 24.85 million kg of tea compared to 21.21 million kg during January to November period of 2016.
India, the world’s second-biggest tea producer, exports CTC (crush-tear-curl) grade mainly to Egypt, Pakistan and the UK, and the orthodox variety to Iraq, Iran and Russia.