FUZHOU - China's tea output is estimated to reach 2.8 million metric tons in 2018, with the value of the whole industry chain topping 600 billion yuan ($86.4 billion), according to the China Tea Marketing Association (CTMA) Thursday. The sales volume of tea within China will reach 2 million tons this year, the CTMA said at a tea industry forum held in the city of Wuyishan, East China's Fujian province. "The consumption of tea in China has been increasing steadily in recent years," said Wang Qing, president of the CTMA. The country's tea export will exceed 300,000 tons this year. Wuyishan, a major tea production base in China, is home to the well-known Wuyi rock tea, a type of oolong tea.
Tea consumption in China will top 2 million tonnes in 2018, according to the China Tea Marketing Association. With the sale of tea in the country slowly growing in the past few years, China's tea production is also set to increase, being forecast to reach 2.8 million tonnes this year, making the tea industry worth CNY600bn ($86.4bn). The Chinese government has been trying to boost its domestic tea market for some time now, and it recently announced plans to increase exports by a further US$500m over the next two years.