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Welcome to the page that informs you about the importance of tea in Pakistan. Pakistan ranks as the third largest tea importer in the world a large amount of its earned foreign exchange is expended on importing tea from different tea producing countries. Pakistan is also one of the largest tea consuming countries in the world that satisfies its domestic demand by importing tea from Kenya, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, China and Indonesia. Fortunately, there is a sizeable land area in the North West Frontier Province that is best suited for tea plantation in Pakistan. In this page by EconomyofPakistan, we are going to deal entirely on the contribution of tea in Pakistan’s economy.
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Tea cultivation in Pakistan will not only help the country in saving its foreign exchange but will also provide employment opportunities in the rural areas of the country. The Pakistan government has declared that since tea is the most favorite beverage and the most consumed one in Pakistan for people of all ages, that cultivation of tea in Pakistan is required to meet its domestic demand rather than importing it from other countries.
National Tea Research Institute (NTRI) and Tea Research Development Programme in Pakistan is providing technical help to tea growers by financial means.
After several abortive efforts undertaken both by public and private sector, an agreement with China was made in the year 1982 for tea cultivation in Pakistan. A team of Chinese tea experts came to Pakistan and conducted a research in Mansehra, Battagram and Swat in 1989 and declared that on 150,000 acres of land in that place tea can be cultivated. After further researches, NWFP’s climatic conditions in some regions are suitable for planting tea in Pakistan. At last, Pakistan became successful in producing tea and samples of black tea produced in Pakistan were sent to renowned companies around the world. Those companies announced Pakistani tea as of good quality and ranked it as the second best in the whole world. For more information on agriculture and livestock in Pakistan’s economy, keep browsing the page in www.economyofpakistan.com.
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