The ‘Global Tea Digest 2012’ (GTD), a storehouse of the latest statistical data and tea encyclopaedia, has been dedicated to the tea industry by Dr S. Balaji, Managing Director of Tamil Nadu Tea Plantation Corporation Ltd (Tantea).
“This is a comprehensive publication of statistics, tea glossary, tasting terminology, different grades, harmonised system of coding and chronology of important developments since 2737 BC. It has all necessary data to help effective decision-making at corporate and Government levels. This enriches experienced professionals, new entrants, academicians and researchers,” Balaji told Business Line
“This is our second edition with several improved features over the first edition brought out last year. We are offering this 200-paged publication containing 45 tables free-of-cost as our dedication to tea industry,” Rajesh Gupta, Director, Global Tea Brokers (GTB), who has compiled, edited, printed and published the book , said.
“As we are a member of International Tea Committee, London, we have packed global data on area, production, exports, imports, prices and consumption,” GTB General Manager Georgie John said. “This provides global data for the last 10 years and up to October for the current calendar,” GTB Senior Executive Senthil Kumar said.
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