Top 10 Tea Producing Countries 2006
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 UNITED NATIONS
Vietnam Tea
I am not sure what source they used, but several other sources that I looked at did not include Vietnamese tea producers. According to the UN Vietnam is the 8thlargest tea producer according to this list.
India Loosing Ground
India used to be the largest tea producer in the world, but China has caught up with them – substantially. The gap between the numbers 1 and 2 is substantial as well: China and India are the world’s top producers: combined they produce more than half of the world’s tea leaves.
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I Am very happy to see that in Top 10 tea producing Countries, there are eight Asian countries. Fiaz from Pakistan
Proud to be Asian
Kenya needs to up-root its tea since the duration required has elapsed.the farmers and the country wont manage this financially.any suggestions to protect the market from poor quality tea?