Export of Indiaas Agro Processed Food Products: A Study of Tea

Abstract

Tea is one of such product whose trade balance is always positive for India, revealing huge advantage for the nation. The study is related with the export of agro processed foods especially tea, its trend, direction, world's export & measures to enhance export. The study reveals the position of India's tea export in world market. It has been found that Iran, Russia, UK, USA & UAE are the major importers of tea from India; hence they must be focused more. China is the largest seller of tea at global market, while Iran is the largest purchaser of India's black tea. Government policies & institution plays an important role in enhancing the export of tea. Meanwhile, domestic demand of this product is also increasing due to increase in population & other related factors. The production of tea must also be increased by adopting various methods.