Doc:Tea/Consumption

Tea Consumption (茶の消費量)

Per capita mean consumption of tea in the world is 120 mL/day , the second most consumed beverage in the world, next to water. Black tea is principally consumed in Western countries, green tea is popular in Asia, and oolong tea in China and Taiwan.

世界における茶の一人当たり消費量は 120 ml/日 で、水に次いで世界で飲まれる飲料ナンバー２です。紅茶は主に西洋で飲まれ、緑茶はアジア、ウーロン茶は中国と台湾で飲まれます。

World tea consumption (1000 tons) location 1996-2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 world 2833 2985 3093 3199 3227 3362 India 635 671 693 714 735 757 China 482 496 538 555 604 675 Russia 146 156 166 167 169 180 Japan 138 149 135 138 156 150 Pakistan 109 107 99 118 120 134 UK 142 137 134 119 129 128 USA 91 97 94 94 100 100 　Source: FAO 2006. Current market situation and medium term outlook.

Green tea consumption (1000 tons) location 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 world 681 782 784 756 832 884 Mainland China 343 350 376 388 418 485 Japan 109 107 94 101 116 114 Vietnam 16 16 18 17 17 19 Indonesia 30 33 34 37 37 31 Source: Annual bulletin of statistics 2006 (International Tea Committee)

Black tea consumption (1000 tons) location 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 world 2214 2224 2233 2280 2368 2342 India 617 668 635 684 693 695 CIS 206 202 220 223 229 234 Pakistan 109 105 96 116 119 138 United Kingdom 134 162 164 154 153 151 China (mainland) 37 25 41 28 44 49 United States 81 87 84 82 88 86 Indonesia 33 57 57 48 56 68 Source: Annual bulletin of statistics 2006 (International Tea Committee)

Tea Production (茶の生産量)

World tea production (1000 tons)
location	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
world	3046	3174	3249	3388	3504
China	722	766	791	856	940
India	856	883	907	893	928
Kenya	295	287	294	325	329
Sri Lanka	296	311	303	308	317
Turkey	143	150	155	206	206
Indonesia	173	173	168	170	166
Vietnam	82	93	95	97	104
Source: FAO 2006. Current market situation and medium term outlook

Links, References

1. Tea consumption ranking in the world (in Japanese)
2. Tea comsumption in Japan (in Japanese)