Lok Sabha Question No. 2128 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-24
Subject: Tea Production, Import and Export
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: MOHANBHAI KALYANJIBHAI KUNDARIYA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2128 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24 th  DECEMBER,2018

## TEA PRODUCTION, IMPORT AND EXPORT

## 2128. SHRI KUNDARIYA MOHAN BHAI KALYANJI BHAI:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE & INDUSTRY ( वा ͨणÏय एवं उɮयोग मंğी ) be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  production  and  domestic  consumption  of  tea  in  the  country  during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the quantum and value of export and import of tea during the said period, countrywise;
- (c) the  share  of  India  in  world  production  and  export  of  tea  along  with  the  share  of various States/UTs therein, State/UT-wise;
- (d) whether there has been a decline in the production and export of tea and if so, the reasons therefor;
- (e) the  details  of  financial  assistance  provided  by  the  Government  to  tea  growers particularly to small tea growers of Assam during the said period; and
- (f) the  measures  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  to  boost  the  production  and export of tea?

## ANSWER

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THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (SHRI C. R. CHAUDHARY)

- (a): The details of production and domestic consumption of tea in the country (State/UTwise) during each of the last three years and the current year is given in Annexure-1.
- (b): The details of quantum and, value of export and import of tea during each of the last three years and the current year is given in Annexure-2.
- (c): The details regarding share of India in world production and export of tea along with the share of various States/UTs is given in Annexure-3.
- (d): During  2017-18,  India  achieved  a  high  in  both  production  and  export.  During  the current year, 2018-19 (upto October, 2018), Indian tea export is marginally lower by 2.34 M Kgs while there was a short fall of production by 13 M Kgs as compared to corresponding period of last year.  Tea production was lower during the current fiscal year due to adverse

climatic conditions noticed in the major tea producing States of West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and  Kerala.    Thereasons  for  decline  in  tea  exports  are  attributable  to  lower  imports  and consumption in USA, higher production in African countries and availability of excess supply.

- (e): The details of  financial  assistance  extended  to growers during the last  three years and the current year (upto 30.11.2018) under the Tea Development and Promotion Scheme is given in the following Table:

| Financial year             |   Financial assistance (Rscrs) |
|----------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 2015-16                    |                         126.85 |
| 2016-17                    |                         101.39 |
| 2017-18                    |                         118.91 |
| 2018-19 (upto 30.11.2018)* |                          34.78 |
| Total                      |                         381.93 |

Source:  Tea Board

The details of financial assistance extended during the last three years and the current year (upto  30.11.2018)  to  the  small  growers  of  Assam  under  the  Tea  Development  and Promotion Scheme is given in the following Table:

| Financial year            |   Financial assistance (Rscrs) |
|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 2015-16                   |                           3.83 |
| 2016-17                   |                           3.28 |
| 2017-18                   |                           3.28 |
| 2018-19(upto 30.11.2018)* |                           2.53 |
| Total                     |                          12.92 |

*provisional

Source:  Tea Board

- (f): The  Central  Government,  through  Tea  Board,  is  implementing  'Tea  Development and Promotion Scheme (TDPS)''which inter alia, includes activities for improvement in tea production,  productivity,  quality  up-gradation,  research  and  extension,  promotion  of exports  and  value  addition  through  provisions  of  financial  and  technical  assistance  to growers and other stakeholders of the tea industry. The objectives of the scheme is to bring about improvement in tea production, productivity, value addition, change of product mix, welfare measures for tea garden workers and their wards, capacity building of small growers to move up in the value chain, imparting training to the small tea growers etc.

In order to increase export of Indian tea in the international market, focused and sustained initiatives  are  taken  up  which,  inter  alia,  includes  arranging  buyer-seller  meets,  effecting exchange  of  trade  delegations,  participating  in  international  trade  fairs  and  undertaking generic promotion of Indian Brands in key markets.

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Table-1 (Production of Tea in India)

|                   | Production in M Kgs   | Production in M Kgs   | Production in M Kgs   | Production in M Kgs    |
|-------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
| State/UT          | 2015-16               | 2016-17               | 2017-18               | 2018-19 * (Apr to Oct) |
| Assam Valley      | 605.31                | 607.18                | 628.91                | 525.61                 |
| Cachar            | 47.64                 | 50.06                 | 47.40                 | 38.28                  |
| Total Assam       | 652.95                | 657.24                | 676.31                | 563.89                 |
| Dooars            | 185.39                | 204.26                | 221.50                | 167.39                 |
| Terai             | 135.47                | 145.17                | 163.07                | 115.15                 |
| Darjeeling        | 8.84                  | 7.96                  | 3.29                  | 6.78                   |
| Total West Bengal | 329.70                | 357.39                | 387.86                | 289.32                 |
| Others            | 25.91                 | 28.48                 | 27.23                 | 22.91                  |
| Total North India | 1008.56               | 1043.11               | 1091.40               | 876.12                 |
| Tamil Nadu        | 161.49                | 143.67                | 164.40                | 109.07                 |
| Kerala            | 56.63                 | 58.61                 | 63.88                 | 36.98                  |
| Karnataka         | 6.46                  | 5.10                  | 5.37                  | 3.25                   |
| Total South India | 224.58                | 207.38                | 233.65                | 149.30                 |
| Total All India   | 1233.14               | 1250.49               | 1325.05               | 1025.42                |

*Provisional and subject to revision

Source:  Tea Board

Table-2 (Domestic consumption of tea in India as estimated at the end of the financial year*)

| Year    | Domestic Consumption (in M Kgs)   |
|---------|-----------------------------------|
| 2015-16 | 951                               |
| 2016-17 | 973                               |
| 2017-18 | 1066                              |
| 2018-19 | To be Estimated                   |

Source:  Tea Board

* State/UT-wise consumption data is not maintained by the Tea Board.

Table-1 (Country-wise Tea Exports from India)

| Country Name    | 2015-16      | 2015-16      | 2016-17      | 2016-17      | 2017-18      | 2017-18      | 2018-19 (Apr-Oct)*   | 2018-19 (Apr-Oct)*   |
|-----------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|----------------------|----------------------|
| Country Name    | Qty (M.Kgs.) | Value (Cr.₹) | Qty (M.Kgs.) | Value (Cr.₹) | Qty (M.Kgs.) | Value (Cr.₹) | Qty (M.Kgs.)         | Value (Cr.₹)         |
| Russian Fed     | 48.23        | 670.57       | 45.21        | 683.38       | 48.10        | 777.17       | 25.36                | 390.86               |
| Ukraine         | 3.21         | 45.03        | 12.09        | 228.41       | 9.74         | 177.15       | 2.22                 | 33.08                |
| Kazakhstan      | 10.20        | 271.36       | 3.28         | 48.64        | 3.75         | 56.24        | 6.02                 | 112.64               |
| Other CIS       | 1.28         | 30.04        | 1.21         | 22.66        | 1.50         | 29.19        | 0.89                 | 18.85                |
| Total CIS       | 62.92        | 1017.00      | 61.79        | 983.09       | 63.09        | 1039.75      | 34.49                | 555.43               |
| United Kingdom  | 20.02        | 410.90       | 24.24        | 632.82       | 31.19        | 778.61       | 9.52                 | 212.87               |
| Netherlands     | 3.31         | 82.11        | 18.84        | 390.61       | 21.63        | 427.47       | 2.36                 | 90.54                |
| Germany         | 10.53        | 262.76       | 11.13        | 113.69       | 16.09        | 147.94       | 5.18                 | 153.14               |
| Ireland         | 1.98         | 70.18        | 16.06        | 316.14       | 16.07        | 324.19       | 1.00                 | 55.40                |
| Poland          | 6.14         | 86.51        | 14.61        | 405.63       | 13.23        | 363.27       | 3.20                 | 57.49                |
| U.S.A           | 14.03        | 364.61       | 5.20         | 58.58        | 12.69        | 174.40       | 5.64                 | 177.41               |
| Canada          | 2.22         | 64.73        | 10.79        | 262.01       | 10.42        | 246.20       | 0.82                 | 30.01                |
| U.A.E           | 16.15        | 333.65       | 6.09         | 113.49       | 9.00         | 154.08       | 8.57                 | 174.48               |
| Iran            | 22.13        | 571.81       | 5.38         | 83.72        | 6.25         | 96.79        | 15.72                | 386.63               |
| Saudi Arabia    | 3.23         | 77.37        | 3.72         | 90.30        | 4.50         | 106.51       | 2.35                 | 59.48                |
| Egypt (ARE)     | 3.08         | 30.80        | 3.70         | 97.03        | 4.26         | 99.85        | 5.37                 | 71.34                |
| Afghanistan     | 1.20         | 13.90        | 2.87         | 41.25        | 4.08         | 52.11        | 0.42                 | 9.76                 |
| Bangladesh      | 9.49         | 83.88        | 3.29         | 140.02       | 3.70         | 147.80       | 1.14                 | 16.20                |
| China           | 4.79         | 93.18        | 2.36         | 93.55        | 2.65         | 102.17       | 5.44                 | 95.32                |
| Singapore       | 0.44         | 11.23        | 3.39         | 134.49       | 2.55         | 90.90        | 0.72                 | 17.71                |
| Sri Lanka       | 1.86         | 28.65        | 2.95         | 87.74        | 2.50         | 67.47        | 2.24                 | 28.73                |
| Kenya           | 2.69         | 27.51        | 1.01         | 14.77        | 1.05         | 15.43        | 0.10                 | 2.33                 |
| Japan           | 3.27         | 139.82       | 0.96         | 20.03        | 0.95         | 16.95        | 2.30                 | 90.68                |
| Pakistan        | 19.37        | 192.61       | 0.49         | 13.14        | 0.51         | 14.17        | 8.87                 | 87.71                |
| Australia       | 3.47         | 119.51       | 7.20         | 77.46        | 0.46         | 5.86         | 1.33                 | 50.14                |
| Other countries | 20.60        | 410.38       | 21.56        | 462.94       | 29.70        | 592.96       | 18.38                | 391.69               |
| Total           | 232.92       | 4493.10      | 227.63       | 4632.50      | 256.57       | 5064.88      | 135.16               | 2814.49              |

*Provisional, subject to revision.

Source:  Tea Board

## Annexure-2

Value

## Table-2 (Country-wise Import of tea into India)

| Country Name   | 2015-16     | 2015-16        | 2016-17     | 2016-17        | 2017-18     | 2017-18        | 2018-19 (Apr-Oct)*   | 2018-19 (Apr-Oct)*   |
|----------------|-------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|----------------------|----------------------|
| Country Name   | Qty (M.Kgs) | Value (Rs.Crs) | Qty (M.Kgs) | Value (Rs.Crs) | Qty (M.Kgs) | Value (Rs.Crs) | Qty (M.Kgs)          | Value (Rs.Crs)       |
| Argentina      | 0.23        | 2.01           | 1.00        | 9.80           | 0.79        | 6.86           | 0.52                 | 4.87                 |
| China          | 0.20        | 4.25           | 0.30        | 6.18           | 0.31        | 7.07           | 0.14                 | 2.13                 |
| Germany        | 0.04        | 1.52           | 0.21        | 3.51           | 0.02        | 0.85           | 0.01                 | 0.4                  |
| Indonesia      | 0.64        | 10.68          | 0.67        | 7.99           | 0.51        | 5.13           | 0.07                 | 0.82                 |
| Iran           | 0.36        | 3.58           | 0.20        | 1.65           | 0.81        | 7.96           | 0.45                 | 3.22                 |
| Kenya          | 3.30        | 73.37          | 3.57        | 70.17          | 2.65        | 58.75          | 0.8                  | 19                   |
| Malawi         | 0.45        | 6.68           | 0.41        | 5.75           | 0.21        | 3.37           | 0.19                 | 2.83                 |
| Malaysia       | -           | -              | -           | -              | 0.01        | 0.06           | 0.02                 | 0.1                  |
| Mozambique     | -           | -              | -           | -              | 0.02        | 0.15           | -                    | -                    |
| Myanmar        | 0.02        | 0.48           | 0.02        | 0.48           | -           | -              | -                    | -                    |
| Nepal          | 11.71       | 118.08         | 11.59       | 137.53         | 12.05       | 154.65         | 11.32                | 139.06               |
| Netherlands    | -           | -              | -           | -              | 0.02        | 0.32           | -                    | -                    |
| Singapore      | -           | -              | -           | -              | -           | -              | 0.49                 | 3.77                 |
| South Africa   | -           | -              | -           | -              | 0.01        | 0.11           | -                    | -                    |
| Sri Lanka      | 0.18        | 6.61           | 0.19        | 7.63           | 0.10        | 5.45           | 0.05                 | 2.32                 |
| Taiwan         | 0.00        | 0.05           | -           | -              | 0.01        | 0.28           | 0.02                 | 0.25                 |
| Tanzania       | 0.06        | 0.90           | -           | -              | 0.03        | 0.37           | 0.15                 | 2.14                 |
| U.A.E          | 0.04        | 0.50           | 0.03        | 0.15           | 0.35        | 2.65           | 0                    | 0.37                 |
| U.S.A          | 0.41        | 4.56           | 1.12        | 13.19          | 0.86        | 10.57          | 0.43                 | 8.9                  |
| Uganda         | 0.01        | 0.14           | 0.02        | 0.30           | -           | -              | -                    | -                    |
| United Kingdom | 0.60        | 8.93           | 0.75        | 11.69          | 0.91        | 14.33          | 0.45                 | 8.79                 |
| Vietnam        | 0.09        | 0.99           | 1.45        | 13.22          | 0.71        | 6.74           | 0.05                 | 0.62                 |
| Zimbabwe       | 0.09        | 1.15           | 0.07        | 0.95           | 0.21        | 2.89           | 0.28                 | 4.14                 |
| Total          | 18.43       | 244.48         | 21.60       | 290.19         | 20.59       | 288.56         | 15.44                | 203.73               |

*Provisional, subject to revision.

Source:  Tea Board

India is at 2 nd position in terms of world tea production with 23% share while in export it stands  at  4 th positionwith  14%  share.  The  details  of  productionshare  of  the  States/UTs during 2017-18 is given below:

## Tea Production Share (State/UTs)

| State             |   Production share over all India |
|-------------------|-----------------------------------|
| Assam             |                             51.04 |
| West Bengal       |                             29.28 |
| Tamil Nadu        |                             12.41 |
| Arunachal Pradesh |                              0.84 |
| Tripura           |                              0.66 |
| Kerala            |                              4.82 |
| Karnataka         |                              0.41 |
| Meghalaya         |                              0.04 |
| Nagaland          |                              0.09 |
| Bihar             |                              0.35 |
| Sikkim            |                              0.01 |
| Himachal Pradesh  |                              0.06 |
| Total             |                            100    |

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