NEW DELHI – Egypt, Pakistan and China were among the countries which boughtmore Indian teas last fiscal year. Egypt’s imports increased by 144 %.Pakistan increased imports by 44.5 % and China by 47.8 %, according to TeaBoard.
Led by South India, Indian tea output increased by 5.9 % during 2017-18 totouch 1,325.1 million kgs.
Director (Tea Development) at Tea Board S. Soundarajan said that productionof high-value orthodox tea and green tea increased during the year underreview. These teas are in great demand in high value markets such as Iran,Germany and Japan.