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Tea Consumption

Per capita mean consumption of tea in the world is 120 mL/day , the second most consumed beverage in the world, next to water. Black tea is principally consumed in Western countries, green tea is popular in Asia, and oolong tea in China and Taiwan.

World tea consumption (1000 tons) location 1996-2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 world 2833 2985 3093 3199 3227 3362 India 635 671 693 714 735 757 China 482 496 538 555 604 675 Russia 146 156 166 167 169 180 Japan 138 149 135 138 156 150 Pakistan 109 107 99 118 120 134 UK 142 137 134 119 129 128 USA 91 97 94 94 100 100 　Source: FAO 2006. Current market situation and medium term outlook.

Tea producing countries have big potential to increase their per capita consumption. Per capita annual consumption of tea in India, China, Kenya in 2005 were only 0.69, 0.52, 0.40 kg, whereas Russia and UK consumed 1.26 and 2.20 kg, respectively, per capita.

Green tea consumption (1000 tons) location 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 world 681 782 784 756 832 884 Mainland China 343 350 376 388 418 485 Japan 109 107 94 101 116 114 Vietnam 16 16 18 17 17 19 Indonesia 30 33 34 37 37 31 Source: Annual bulletin of statistics 2006 (International Tea Committee)

Black tea consumption (1000 tons) location 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 world 2214 2224 2233 2280 2368 2342 India 617 668 635 684 693 695 CIS 206 202 220 223 229 234 Pakistan 109 105 96 116 119 138 United Kingdom 134 162 164 154 153 151 China (mainland) 37 25 41 28 44 49 United States 81 87 84 82 88 86 Indonesia 33 57 57 48 56 68 Source: Annual bulletin of statistics 2006 (International Tea Committee)

Tea Production

Approximately 3.5 million metric tons of dried leaf are produced annually. 20% is green tea, 2%, oolong, and the rest is black tea.

World tea production (1000 tons) location 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 world 3046 3174 3249 3388 3504 China 722 766 791 856 940 India 856 883 907 893 928 Kenya 295 287 294 325 329 Sri Lanka 296 311 303 308 317 Turkey 143 150 155 206 206 Indonesia 173 173 168 170 166 Vietnam 82 93 95 97 104 Source: FAO 2006. Current market situation and medium term outlook

Links, References

1. Tea consumption ranking in the world (in Japanese)
2. Tea comsumption in Japan (in Japanese)