Trade Boost: India’s tea exports to Pakistan hit record high

Exports to Afghanistan and Pakistan increased to 12.2 million kg from 7.4 million kg in the same period a year-ago.

KOLKATA: India’s tea exports to Pakistan and Afghanistan reached an all-time high in 2010 and producers and exporters are increasingly looking to utilise third-country platforms to cement this position, sources say.

Official statistics for January-May show that exports to Afghanistan and Pakistan increased to 12.2 million kg from 7.4 million kg in the year-ago period. Exports to these countries were estimated to have touched 20 million kg by December.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 1^st, 2011.