date:Dec 31, 2013
a valued at 1.36 billion yuan. Of that, 4,100 tons were organic, and about 2,400 were exported to Europe, with a value of $15 million.
Figures are hard to come by, but the Wuyuan organic green tea market undoubtedly accounts for more than half of the EU market, says Yao Jingbo, deputy general-secretary of the association.
Tea used to be a pillar industry for Wuyuan and has a long history there. During the Ming and Qing dynasties (1368-1911), about 2,500 kilograms of Wuyuan green tea is said to