INDIAN TEA INDUSTRY AT A GLANCE IN 2014 - 2015 The tea industry is also India's second-largest employer with over 3.5 million workers employed in over 1,500 tea-growing estates. In 2013-14, India produced 947.73 million kilograms of tea.Russia, the US, the UK, the UAE, Iran, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Germany, Australia, Japan, the Netherlands, Ireland, Poland and Sri Lanka are some of the major global markets for exports of Indian tea.
The CIS countries accounted for 19.8 per cent of total exports in 2013-14 with US$ 152.46 million.India's tea exports accounted for approximately 78 per cent of total exports during 2013-14.India exported tea to different countries valued overall at around US$ 643.75 million in the period of January-December 2014.
In the period of January-December in 2014, the Russian federation was the topmost importer of Indian tea at 37.18 million kg, followed by Iran and UK at 18.03 and 17.50 million kg respectively.
