What are the top tea-producing countries in the world? I looked at the reporting from the Food And Agriculture Organization Of The United Nations, and this is what I found:
Ranking 2006
Production
(2006 in tons)
Ranking 2003
Production
(2003 in tons)
1. China
1,049,500
2
788,815
2. India
892,730
1
838,000
3. Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
310,800
3
303,230
4. Kenya
310,580
4
293,670
5. Turkey
204,600
6
153,800
6. Indonesia
171,410
5
169,818
7. Viet Nam
142,300
7
104,300
8. Japan
91,800
8
91,900
9. Argentina
67,871
9
69,866
10. Iran
59,180
10
63,650
Source: FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE [...]
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