Vietnam's tea export increases in first five months
Tuesday, 5 June 2007
HANOI, June 4 (Xinhua): Vietnam shipped abroad 37,000 tonnes of tea totaling 34 million U.S. dollars in the first five months of this year, seeing respective year-on-year increases of 10.1 per cent and 6.1 per cent, according to the country's General Statistics Office today.
The country has planned to export 140,000 tonnes of tea worth 190 million U.S. dollars in 2010.
Vietnam urged its tea enterprises to expand export markets, intensify trade promotion, raise tea's quality and build their products' trademarks.
Vietnam shipped the local product, mainly black, green and jasmine tea, to its big export markets, including Pakistan, the China's mainland and Taiwan, Russia, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Germany, Poland and the United States, according to the Trade Information Center under the Vietnamese Trade Ministry.
Last year, Vietnam exported 105,000 tonnes of tea, including some 65,300 tonnes of black tea, over 27,000 tonnes of green tea and nearly 3,800 jasmine tea, totaling 111 million dollars, said the center.
The country has planned to export 140,000 tonnes of tea worth 190 million U.S. dollars in 2010.
Vietnam urged its tea enterprises to expand export markets, intensify trade promotion, raise tea's quality and build their products' trademarks.
Vietnam shipped the local product, mainly black, green and jasmine tea, to its big export markets, including Pakistan, the China's mainland and Taiwan, Russia, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Germany, Poland and the United States, according to the Trade Information Center under the Vietnamese Trade Ministry.
Last year, Vietnam exported 105,000 tonnes of tea, including some 65,300 tonnes of black tea, over 27,000 tonnes of green tea and nearly 3,800 jasmine tea, totaling 111 million dollars, said the center.