Pakistan is ready to work with the Vietnamese tea sector, said thePresident of Pakistani Tea Association Muhammad Hamif Janoo.
Atthe International Tea Conference in Hanoi on July 30th, MuhammadHamif Janoo said that Vietnamese tea has been imported by Pakistanfrom 1999 and is popular with local people for its quality andaffordable price.
He said that Vietnam should build a centrefor tea auctions to encourage farmers to raise the quality of their teaand create a healthy business environment and increase competition.
Alsoaddressing the conference, the President of the Vietnamese TeaAssociation Doan Anh Tuan, said that Vietnam is one of the worldsmajor tea producers and the country is ranked fifth in terms of teaoutput and exports.
Vietnam produced 130,000 tonnes in 2009,from only 55,700 tonnes in 2000. In the first seven months of this year,the nation exported 65,000 tonnes of tea, earning 91 million USD, ayear-on-year increase of 6 percent.
However, Vietnam’s teaexports to Pakistan dropped this year with a volume equal to only 60percent of the level in the same period last year and this resulted inPakistan dropping to the second place in the list of the 70 countriesthat import Vietnamese tea.
According to the Ministry ofAgriculture and Rural Development, the country has almost 130,000 ha oftea, mostly in the northern midland provinces, producing an average of6.5 tonnes per ha.
Previously, Vietnam had produced black teafor export and green tea for domestic use and now the country hasvarious kinds of tea products which meet diverse global demands.
Thetea industry generates jobs for more than 6 million people in 34provinces in the country and has made a remarkable contribution tosocio-economic stability. It is also expected to be a lucrative crop forfarmers in the future.
In order to develop the tea industrysustainably, Le Xuan, the head of the department for agro-forestry andsalt processing, said that it is necessary to monitor the tea acreage,improve technical management and the quality of tea products./.
Atthe International Tea Conference in Hanoi on July 30th, MuhammadHamif Janoo said that Vietnamese tea has been imported by Pakistanfrom 1999 and is popular with local people for its quality andaffordable price.
He said that Vietnam should build a centrefor tea auctions to encourage farmers to raise the quality of their teaand create a healthy business environment and increase competition.
Alsoaddressing the conference, the President of the Vietnamese TeaAssociation Doan Anh Tuan, said that Vietnam is one of the worldsmajor tea producers and the country is ranked fifth in terms of teaoutput and exports.
Vietnam produced 130,000 tonnes in 2009,from only 55,700 tonnes in 2000. In the first seven months of this year,the nation exported 65,000 tonnes of tea, earning 91 million USD, ayear-on-year increase of 6 percent.
However, Vietnam’s teaexports to Pakistan dropped this year with a volume equal to only 60percent of the level in the same period last year and this resulted inPakistan dropping to the second place in the list of the 70 countriesthat import Vietnamese tea.
According to the Ministry ofAgriculture and Rural Development, the country has almost 130,000 ha oftea, mostly in the northern midland provinces, producing an average of6.5 tonnes per ha.
Previously, Vietnam had produced black teafor export and green tea for domestic use and now the country hasvarious kinds of tea products which meet diverse global demands.
Thetea industry generates jobs for more than 6 million people in 34provinces in the country and has made a remarkable contribution tosocio-economic stability. It is also expected to be a lucrative crop forfarmers in the future.
In order to develop the tea industrysustainably, Le Xuan, the head of the department for agro-forestry andsalt processing, said that it is necessary to monitor the tea acreage,improve technical management and the quality of tea products./.
