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Article: Tea producers urges govt to issue new policy to increase market.(World News: Coffee and Tea Reports from the Front Line)
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- Tea & Coffee Trade Journal
- Article date:
- October 1, 2007
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INDONESIA -- Tea producers have urged the government to issue a new policy to boost tea consumption and marketing. "Tea production lacked attention which is apparent from its low consumption," head of the advisory council of the Association of Indonesian Traditional Tea Producers (Aspatindo), Jaja Husein.
He said that tea consumption per capita in the country reached only 200 grams per year, which was very low compared to that in other Asian countries.
Jaja said tea processing and management in the country was still very simple. "This means a new government policy is needed to improve the situation," he said.
"This condition shows that the ...