China News Service, Guangzhou, May 23 (Wang Hua and Liu Anqi) A reporter learned from the Guangdong Tea Industry Association on the 23rd that China’s tea export volume in 2020 will decline for the first time since 2014, while in 2021, spring tea will see an equal volume and price. Rise.
According to data from the Guangdong Tea Industry Association, in 2020, the total area of tea gardens in Mainland China will be 47,476,900 mu, a year-on-year increase of 3.26%; the output of dry tea reached 2.986 million tons, an increase of 6.9%; the total output value reached 262.658 billion yuan. A year-on-year increase of 9.62%.
The tea structure has also been adjusted. Among the six major teas, the output of black tea, white tea, and yellow tea has increased sharply, while the output of black tea has slightly decreased.
In the tea sales market in mainland China, green tea still dominates, and black, red and white tea have developed rapidly.
In 2020, affected by the global new crown pneumonia epidemic, China’s tea exports declined for the first time since 2014. The total export volume was 348,800 tons, a year-on-year decrease of 4.84%; the export value was US$2.038 billion, a slight increase of 0.91% year-on-year; the average export price was US$5.84 /kg.
Chinese tea is exported to 128 countries and regions, and the market is stable, but green barriers still exist, and the growth rate of export volume has slowed down.
It is currently the season for spring tea to be launched in large numbers in 2021. Due to the good weather conditions this year and the reduced impact of the epidemic, spring tea is showing a boom in production and sales.
According to Zhang Liming, the full-time vice president of the Guangdong Tea Industry Association, the offline consumer market for spring tea this year is mainly green tea, with rising prices and obvious consumption upgrades; the online consumer market shows younger consumption and the performance of well-known regional brands. The characteristics of strong and increased support for online sales in major producing areas.
Zhang Liming said that in 2021, the total output of spring tea in mainland China is about 1.6 million to 1.8 million tons, and the agricultural output value is about 170 billion to 190 billion yuan; the total annual output of tea is about 3 million to 3.2 million tons, and the agricultural output value is about 2700. 100 million to 290 billion yuan.
Among them, the area and output of tea gardens in Guangdong Province both increased by about 6%, and the average tea price in the province increased by about 3%.
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