It’s a market that’s expanding at 6-7% annually, and by 2025, the culture of consuming tea is projected to increase by 5%, for a total of 7.4 million kilograms of tea, says Asst Prof Dr Piyaporn Chueamchaitrakun, head of the Tea and Coffee Institute at Mae Fah Luang University in Chiang Rai.
The top eight tea-producing nations in 2022 are as follows:
1. China, which is the largest tea exporter, with a value of US$99.8 billion (3.4 trillion baht), 2. India, with a value of US$15.7 billion (540.27 billion baht)
3. Japan, with a value of US$14.5 billion (498.98 billion baht)
4. The US, with a value of US$13.4 billion (461.13 billion baht)
5. Brazil, with a value of US$11.8 billion (406.07 billion baht)
6. Turkey, which has the highest tea consumer proportion, with a value of US$11.8 billion (406.07 billion baht)
7. Thailand, with a value of US$5.7 billion (196.15 billion…
