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UAE second biggest tea importer from India during Jan-sept 2022

Updated: Dec 05, 2022 12:14:54pm
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UAE second biggest tea importer from India during Jan-sept 2022

New Delhi, Dec 5 (KNN) UAE has emerged as the second-largest importer of tea from India after the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) during the months from January to September this year, data from Tea Board of India showed.

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As per the data released, UAE during the months from January to September imported 28.58 million kilograms of tea from India, witnessing an increase of 159 per cent from the same period last year.

India's biggest importer of Tea, the CIS countries imported a total of 38.06 million kilograms during that period in 2022, showing a surge from 33.34 million kilograms in the similar period of 2021.

As per reports, the Tea industry sources said that the exporters are looking for other avenues as shipments to Iraq, an erstwhile major importer, reduced to zero due to payment issues.

"It is good to see that UAE is now importing Indian tea in a big way. This augurs well for the exporters as it is a major consumer of the premium orthodox variety," an exporter said.

Apart from Iraq, the shipments of Tea to Iran has also declined due to the economic sanctions imposed by the US and also because the Iranian importers are not lifting the commodity due to non-issuance of invoices to the Indian exporters.

Exports to the CIS are also in limbo due to the armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine which had affected shipments owing to logistics issues, exporters said.

During the nine months from January to September 2022, total exports of Indian tea stood at 165.58 million kilograms, higher than 142.55 million kilograms in 2021 in the same period.

Indian Tea Association (ITA), the apex body of planters, has predicted that exports of Indian tea would touch 230 million kilograms in 2022, as compared to 196 million kilograms in 2021.

The tea industry is also looking at the Chinese market for raising exports as the country has the highest consumption of the beverage.  (KNN Bureau)

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