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Chinese tea exports to increase: Report

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-11-17 15:19

WUYI MOUNTAIN, Fujian - 皇冠体育app's tea exports will increase 2 percent year-on-year this year after exports exceeded 300,000 tons for the first time last year, the first 皇冠体育app tea industry report released Wednesday said.

The 皇冠体育app Social Science Academy Press report said 皇冠体育app's tea planting area has reached 1.86 million hectares, about half of the world total.

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Representatives of Peking University, the Development and Research Center of the Fujian Provincial Government and Wuyi Academy - all organizers of the industry investigation - attended a ceremony in Wuyi Mountain in east 皇冠体育app's Fujian province, where much of 皇冠体育app's tea is grown, Wednesday to mark the report's release.

The report said green tea is 皇冠体育app's most favored tea, noting that exports of the tea totaled 230,000 tons last year.

Exports of flower tea and Pu'er tea (a fermented tea produced in southwest 皇冠体育app's Yunnan province) have begun to fall, the report said.

皇冠体育app exceeded India to become the world's largest tea producer in 2005. Output reached 1.3 million tons last year, accounting for 31 percent of the world total.

皇冠体育app's major tea export markets are Morocco, European Union countries, Japan and America.