Indian tea exports to Pakistan rising

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Tea exports to Pakistan rising
DECCAN CHRONICLE. | RITWIK MUKHERJEE
Published May 20, 2019, 12:34 am IST
Updated May 20, 2019, 12:34 am IST
Higher import of Indian tea by Pakistan has more been by compulsion than by choice.

These facts and figures should bring cheers to Indian tea growers, The ndian Tea Association (ITA) says payments from Pakistan are regular and if the rising trend continues Indian can expect 20-25 million kg of exports this year.
Kolkata: Pulwama terrorist attack and Balakot airstrike seem to have failed to dampen India's tea exports to Pakistan. In fact, it has gone up quite significantly.

Higher import of Indian tea by Pakistan has more been by compulsion than by choice. Kenya had been experiencing a drought like situation, resulting in a substantial drop in its tea output and that in turn led to shooting up of prices by 15 to 20 per cent at the Mombassa auction. Pakistan therefore hardly had a choice but to import larger quantity of tea from India. If this trend continues, India's tea export to Pakistan could rise to 20-25 million kg in 2019 from 15.83 million kg in 2018.



This has also to be seen in light of the fact that ****-stan had registered a 35.8 per cent rise in per capita consumption of tea between 2007 and 2016, according to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the UN. At present, Pakistanis consume 172,911 tonne of black tea, and the figure is expected to rise to 250,755 tonne by 2027, as per FAO estimates.

These facts and figures should bring cheers to Indian tea growers, The ndian Tea Association (ITA) says payments from Pakistan are regular and if the rising trend continues Indian can expect 20-25 million kg of exports this year.

There is more good news. India is heading for higher tea production in 2019, going by the first quarter trend, which has reversed the falling trend. As per Tea Board's official statistics, India's tea production in March rose to 74.59 million kg (mkg) from 61.04 mkg in March 2018, which is an increase of 13.55 mkg or 22.20 per cent. From January to March, the cumulative production of tea rose to 103.61 mkg from 92.20 mkg, a gain of 11.41 mkg, or 12.38 per cent. North Indian teas, dormant from December 2018 due to the Tea Board’s order to close operations in winter to get rid of sub-standard teas, have now started to hit the market. Production from the North in Q1 rose to 64.13 mkg


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[Whirling_dervesh]

That's just fantaaastic...

 

[Cobra Arbok]

Interesting. Apparently, a drought in Kenya reduced its supply of tea, meaning importing Indian tea was the only alternative.

That's just fantaaastic...

Glad you are enjoying our fantastic tea

 

[Bossman]

Interesting. Apparently, a drought in Kenya reduced its supply of teas, meaning importing Indian tea was the only alternative.


Glad you are enjoying our fantastic tea

No, we are just waiting to host Indians with our “Cuppa tea” . It’s a very exclusive club. You have to be really classy to be a member like Abhinandan.

 

[Cobra Arbok]

No, we are just waiting to host Indians with our “Cuppa tea” . It’s a very exclusive club. You have to be really classy to be a member like Abhinandan.

Well I guess that means I will never be able to join

In the meantime, enjoy our fantastic tea. Maybe later we can also sell you tomatoes, but you will have to do without those for now.

 

[bluesky]

Indian tea exports to Pakistan rising

I thought no way Pakistan will buy India, but, will only fight India. In reality, they like each other enormously behind the curtain.

 

[khansaheeb]

Don't drink Indian tea, you don't know what they stick in there.

 

[xyxmt]

Interesting. Apparently, a drought in Kenya reduced its supply of tea, meaning importing Indian tea was the only alternative.


Glad you are enjoying our fantastic tea

it only proves that we are planning to shoot more Indian planes and not feeding our tea to Indian pilots

 

[BHarwana]

Thanks for informing will make sure Pakistan shifts to Kenya tea.

 

[Samlee]

Why Are We Buying Anything Indian When They Have Closed Their Markets To Us????????????

 

[Cobra Arbok]

Thanks for informing will make sure Pakistan shifts to Kenya tea.

Pakistan had already shifted to Kenya tea, but the tea was lost due to droughts, so Kenya did not have enough tea to export to meet Pakistan's demand. So Pakistani companies had to import tea from India to fill the gap.

 

[Pakhtoon yum]

Looks like it's time for a very own Boston Tea party.

 

[Möbius Curve]

Looks like it's time for a very own Boston Tea party.

The trouble is that Pakistan can Grow any crop to satisfy its domestic needs, but the IMPORT MAFIA is very strong. The Tea cultivated at Shinkiari (Hazara Division) was the best, and it was needed to be cultivated at a larger scale. What the HELL happened to that project?

To this day, I am desperate to taste the Tea of Shinkiari, but never saw it in the open market.
@BHarwana

 

[Peaceful Civilian]

Not surprising. We should improve trade with India. Even world Bank Said our trade potential stands at $37 billion.

 

[FuturePAF]

Pakistan should look to importing Chinese teas while we wait for Kenyan the crop to comeback. For long term "sustainability", we should maximize domestic production.
https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-worlds-top-10-tea-producing-nations.html