Egypt more than doubled its tea imports from India

Egypt bought 8.54 mn kg of tea from India in the first 11 months of 2017, India’s state-run Tea Board said, according to Reuters. Egypt’s purchases of Indian tea are up from the 3.4 mn kg bought in the first 11 months of 2016. “India, the world’s second-biggest tea producer, exports CTC (crush-tear-curl) grade mainly to Egypt, Pakistan and the UK, and the orthodox variety to Iraq, Iran and Russia,” Reuters reports.