Plantation sector plays an important role in export to meet the domestic requirement and in employment generation and poverty alleviation, particularly in rural areas. The total production of tea in India is 1,208,780 tonnes. Assam is the single largest tea growing state accounting for half of the country‟s total production. India is the second largest producer and fourth largest exporter of tea in the world. The world total export quantity of tea is 1,829,550 tonnes. | Dynamics of tea export in India
