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N T I S2010Attractive markets for Lentils (HS 0713.40)Top 10 by size, growth, openess and current exportstop10top10 top10 current exports from NepalRank top10 SIZEGROWTH OPENESS(US$ 1,000 in 2008)1 Turkey Turkey Norway Turkey 8,9632 Sri Lanka UAE Russia India 5,1563 UAE Iran India UAE 3,7904 Egypt Saudi Arabia Kyrgyzstan Sri Lanka 3,1925 Algeria Sri Lanka Belarus Egypt 2,5976 Spain Morocco Kazakhstan UK 1,3377 Iran Algeria Japan USA 5238 UK Kuwait Switzerland Canada 3959 Colombia Syria Tajikistan Australia 38910 Pakistan UK USA Singapore 3365) TeaBackgroundTea cultivation in Nepal began in 1863 and the first factory was built in Ilam in 1878. Nepal Tea DevelopmentCorporation (NTDC) was established by the government in 1966. It was not until 1982 that its significanceas an export earner was identified by the government with the designation <strong>of</strong> eastern districts (Jhapa, Ilam,Panchthar, Terhathum, and Dhankuta) a ‘Tea Zone’. From then onwards, the government has been assistingtea growers and processors for its development. The industry began to be more organized and recognized asa potentially significant sector with the government promulgating Nepal Tea and C<strong>of</strong>fee Development BoardAct in 1993 and setting up the Tea and C<strong>of</strong>fee Development Board. A National Tea Policy was introduced in2000 to support the growth <strong>of</strong> the sector. The government adopted a privatization policy so that the privatesector would become the engine <strong>of</strong> growth for the industry, envisaging that tea would be one <strong>of</strong> the majorcrops for poverty reduction in the rural and hill areas and become a significant export earner. Due to thevaried weather conditions and soil composition, tea is grown in two areas, under significantly different agroclimaticregions, in the Terai and the hills. In the hills, orthodox/green (leaf) tea is produced for export whilein the Terai region the CTC tea is produced, mostly used for domestic consumption with some exported toIndia.Tea production and exports increased very significantly over the last decade (2.2) and, today, tea is one <strong>of</strong> thelargest agricultural exports <strong>of</strong> Nepal. Around two-thirds <strong>of</strong> the production is exported, mainly to India.Index 1: Export PerformanceTable 2.15Export Value <strong>of</strong> Tea, 2004-2008 (US$1,000)*Mirror data 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008Exports to India 3,679 5,891 5,103 12,739 16,158Exports overseas 1,217 1,550 2,279 1,087 635Total exports 4,896 7,441 7,382 13,826 16,805* Limited data from Nepal is available. Export values to overseas countries are similar, butexport data to India seems unreliable.NEPAL TRADE INTEGRATION STRATEGY 2010BACKGROUND REPORT45

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