Present Status of Tea Industry in Taiwan
Journal
臺灣茶業研究彙報
Journal Issue
16
Pages
87-97
Date Issued
1997-05
Author(s)
Juan, I-ming
Lin, Mu-lien
阮逸明
林木連
Abstract
Taiwan tea industry has undergone sweeping changes from the export market to the domestic market over the past years. Export of green tea has sharply shrunk, whereas import of black tea and jasmine tea is fast growing. There have been the expected increasing demands for partially fermented tea of high quality, partly due to the prosperity of Taiwanese living standard. Some production data of Taiwan's tea are: total acreage 21, 3 34 ha; annual production, 24, 486 tons; export, 3,172 tons; imports, 8,065 tons in 1995; and key varieties, Chinsin Oolong, Chinsin Dapan and TTES No. 12. As that of tea plucking in most tea growing areas, tea manufacture is also facing deep labour shortage, because work force is mainly involved in processing tea. Labour shortage is the most important problems facing the tea industry in Taiwan. As a result, the production cost of the tea is pretty high, being not able to compete with foreign imported tea. The over-all tea industry in Taiwan is facing difficulties. In order to lessen the dilemma of tea industry, governmental policies and actions were established and conducted to help tea growers, manufacturers and marketers to solve the crisis.
Subjects
茶工業
臺灣
Publisher
行政院農業委員會茶業改良場
Type
journal article