World Tea Production a Record
According to information being presented this month at the Intergovernmental Group on Tea meeting in Bali (20-22 July 2005), global tea production continued to reach new highs in 2004, when output grew by 2 percent to reach an estimated 3.2 million metric tons. Government and tea industry officials are meeting to discuss the world tea industry, including findings from a new Food & Agricultural Organization of the United Nations report prepared for the meeting, and review the current world tea market and its medium-term outlook.