Top 10 Trading Countries
Top 10 Trading Countries
Top 10 Trading Countries
*Data (in tons) is generated by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations as of January
2010.
Other Regions:
Other tea producing nations and regions in the world include South Asia, South East Asia,
particularly Indonesia, the former Soviet Union, Turkey and Iran. Nine other countries
in Africa including Tanzania, Malawi and Zaire are important producers, plus a growing market
in Argentina.
Dynamics of Manufacture of tea in India (in thousand kg)
Northern India Southern India Total
2008 January 8116 13506 21622
February 1337 16429 17766
March 30986 19557 50543
April 55576 24466 80042
May 46866 23401 70267
Total, January-May 2008 142881 97359 240240
2009 January 10123 11447 21570
February 3081 12194 15275
March 27341 17695 45036
April 39684 22906 62590
May 50322 21052 71374
Total, January-May 2009 130551 85294 215845
Northern India Southern India Total
2008 January 10045 6850 16895
February 9815 6311 16126
March 10426 7493 17919
April 5012 6881 11893
May 3570 7262 10832
Total, January-May 2008 34797 73665
2009 January 5201 7497 12698
February 6318 5705 12023
March 8421 5755 14176
April 6922 4440 11362
May 4479 5294 9773
Total, January-May 2009 28691 60032