CAMELLIA 



THEA 



Trade 

 Exports. 



Analysis of the 

 Exports. 



THE TEA PLANT 



Exports from India (Black and Green Teas). It may now be useful to 

 furnish more direct and explicit information regarding the recent Indian traffic 

 in Tea. The following figures show the trade every fifth year since 1876-7 : 



An analysis of the traffic for the years 1902-7 may be framed to show 

 the chief provinces of India from which exported and the more important 

 countries to which exported, the figures given denoting the respective shares 

 taken, while the unaccounted for balances, on the total transactions, manifest 

 all other provinces or countries not mentioned. The last three figures have been 

 purposely omitted from each return : 



Imports. 



Analysis of the 

 Imports. 



Imports into India (Black and Green Teas). With such a record 

 of producing enterprise it is somewhat surprising that India nevertheless should 

 continue to import tea from China, Java, etc., and become the emporium of 

 a re-export trade in these teas to Persia, Arabia, Turkey-in-Asia, Africa, Egypt, 

 etc. The following table records the transactions during the past five years : 



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