Tea & Coffee Trade Journal, August 1st, 1992
Jiangxi is a land-locked province located in eastern China. In 1915 output in the province, a traditional tea-growing area in China, was 16,500 tons, a figure only surpassed in 1987. By 1949 tea production had plummeted to only 2,145 tons. By 1958 output had increased to 5,000 tons, doubling to 11,700 tons in 1981. Output in 1990 stood at 19,400 tons from 58,000 ha of tea fields, making Jiangxi one of the small to medium-sized tea producing provinces of China.
In the decade from 1979 to 1989 output increased at an annual average of 7.3%, above the national average of 6.4%. Area declined sli...
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