date:Aug 06, 2013
Although the void was filled by a 6 percent rise in export prices, the Vietnam Tea Association claimed export prices for Vietnamese tea remained low, at just 40-50 percent of the value enjoyed by many other countries.
This was attributed to the failure to establish a well-recognised brand for made-in-Vietnam tea products.
About 90 percent of Vietnamese tea is exported in the form of raw materials and only 10 percent leaves the country as a finished product, according to the association.
Direc