ITA signed MoU with China for lifting the volume of black tea exports

The Indian Tea Association (ITA)

on Wednesday said it had signed a MoU with China Tea

Marketing Association for lifting the volume of black tea

exports from here.

ITA Chairman Vivek Goenka said India exported 13 mkgs

of black tea to China last year.

"This year, the target is 15 mkgs," he told reporters

here.

China sources black tea from India, Sri Lanka and

Kenya. The country imports around 30 mkgs of black tea, he

said.

Wang Qing, president of the Chinese body, said China

was a great consumer of black tea for health benefits.