VIETNAM TEA OVERVIEW
NGUYEN THI ANH HONG
VICE CHAIRWOMAN
VIETNAM TEA ASSOCIATION
A. VIETNAM TEA OVERVIEW
1. Production (Thousand ton)
200
200
Axis Title
195
190
185
185
160
180
175
170
2012
2013
2014(EST)
2. Domestic consumption (Thousand ton)
3. Export volume (Thousand ton)
4. Export turnover (Million USD)
5. Export products ratio (%)
6. Tea growing areas (Est.) (ha)
27.500
89.000
75.000
Northen midland and mountain
Northen central land
Central high land
7. Total tea growing area (ha)
131.000
130.000
129.000
128.000
127.000
126.000
125.000
124.000
123.000
122.000
121.000
120.000
130.098
128.000
125.000
124.000
124.000
2012
2013
Year
2009
2010
2011
According to “the restructure master plan for agriculture ”, total
tea growing area until 2020 is 150.000 ha
8. Top 10 export market in 2013
 Pakistan
 Taiwan
 China
 Russia
 Indonesia
 Afganistan
 USA
 Iran
 Poland
 The United Arab Emirates
9. Agricultural production
 Old areas reduce faster than the development of new tea
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area - reduction in tea land significant.
Production of tea leave materials decreased by 25% in
2014 due to bad weather, less re-invested in tea cultivation
and machine harvesting.
Tea farmers increase spontaneous tea growing acreage but
there is no exact statistic.
Control of plant protection chemicals
The new varieties have not been grown.
Sustainable program/ PPP task force from Government.
10. Processing, Trading, Exporting
 Processing capacity continues to exceed the ability
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supplying of fresh tea leaf.
The number of small and mini processing facilities
continue to increase (over 350 mini facilities/455 facilities
with the basis of capacity of 1 ton/day)
The examination of food hygiene, safety standards and
regulations for medium and large factories are regularly
conducted.
The shortage of skilled workers – turn to other industries
There are more exporters, export markets up to 61
A slight swap shows the trend of the products, green tea
increases faster with better price.
B. VIETNAM TEA OUTLOOK
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Reorganize Vietnam tea industry by establishing a State
Management Agency, tentatively called “Coordinating
Committee" to consistently and effectively manage the tea
production industry.
Conduct planning of tea growing regions in order to improve
productivity, quality and safety of fresh tea material. Set up
new “ A team” to control pesticide ‘s use.
Rearrange, consolidate and reduce processing plants so that
the processing plants must have the raw material areas and
must
strictly
apply
the
good
manufacturing
practice (GMP) process. Announcing the list on the official
website of the Association.
Developing and promoting domestic consumption.
Keep the quantity and increase quality, focus on special tea.
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