{"id":25867,"date":"2022-06-17T11:53:55","date_gmt":"2022-06-17T11:53:55","guid":{"rendered":"https://www.5paisa.com/finschool/?p=25867"},"modified":"2025-03-09T21:01:41","modified_gmt":"2025-03-09T15:31:41","slug":"indian-tea-gets-knock-back-during-exports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https://www.5paisa.com/finschool/indian-tea-gets-knock-back-during-exports/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Tea Needs to be Pesticide Free"},"content":{"rendered":"\u003cdiv data-elementor-type=\u0022wp-post\u0022 data-elementor-id=\u002225867\u0022 class=\u0022elementor elementor-25867\u0022\u003e\u003csection class=\u0022elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-993586f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\u0022 data-id=\u0022993586f\u0022 data-element_type=\u0022section\u0022\u003e\u003cdiv class=\u0022elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\u0022\u003e\u003cdiv class=\u0022elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-09a8c58\u0022 data-id=\u002209a8c58\u0022 data-element_type=\u0022column\u0022\u003e\u003cdiv class=\u0022elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\u0022\u003e\u003cdiv class=\u0022elementor-element elementor-element-a7ab6e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\u0022 data-id=\u0022a7ab6e6\u0022 data-element_type=\u0022widget\u0022 data-widget_type=\u0022text-editor.default\u0022\u003e\u003cdiv class=\u0022elementor-widget-container\u0022\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0022color: #000080;\u0022\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eIndian Tea faces Rejections across globe due to excess pesticide. Tea is a common beverage in India. In the early 1820’s the British East India Company began large-scale production of tea in Assam, India of a tea variety traditionally brewed by the Singpho tribe.\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eIndia was among the top tea producers for nearly a century but China has overtaken India as the top tea producer due to increased land availability. Tea was only delivered through the British in the course of the 18th century.\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eThey shipped it from China and later installed huge tea plantations across the country. The idea changed into to break the Chinese monopoly on tea i.e. to grow the beverage in India and ship it again to Britain. And to this end, they offered land in Assam to any European who agreed to domesticate tea for export.\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eHistorians argue that human beings in India had been already acquainted with tea, even before the British popularized it. However, business production simplest took off within the 18th and nineteenth centuries.\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eAnd tea became a popular beverage most of the masses best after Independence — in large part thanks to the efforts of the Tea Board — who aggressively advertised the product. \u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eIn 2021, India exported 195.90 million kg tea. The major buyers were Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) nations and Iran.\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\u003ch5\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0022color: #000080;\u0022\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Indian Tea is missing Opportunity\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003eSri Lanka is facing economic crisis .Sri Lanka’s tea exports was around $1.3billion annually. Tea exports from the country alone accounted for over 50% of the global trade.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut because of the economic crisis in the nation exports have fell down to 23 year low, creating a deficit in the global market. India being the second largest producer of tea and everyone expect India to step up.\u003c/p\u003e\u003ch5\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0022color: #000080;\u0022\u003eIndia is setting back due to certain points.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/h5\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eIran and Taiwan rejected India’s export consignments citing Phytosanitary issues as they found pesticides beyond the permissible limit.\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eSuch rejections are effecting India. Tea plantations in India is more effected due to the use of pesticides which range about 5% to 55% due to pests, diseases and weeds. These problems have increased in the recent years one such reason being climate change.\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eAssam is facing rising temperature and this has caused impacts on pest lifecycles. Some of them can survive in winter.\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eIn order to deal with the pest issue potent plant protection formulas are being adopted which is a cocktail of pesticides used to improve crop yield and quality. \u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eBut this practice is increasing plant toxicity. It is becoming unsuitable and dangerous for consumption. The samples of branded packages of tea contained DDT and monocroptophos which are compounds.\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eSo Iran and Taiwan rejected such shipments. Here Phyto sanitary means plant hygiene and health. Tea exports failed to meet certain conditions mentioned such as food additives , pesticide residue , heavy metals, filth or dirt, microbiological condition.\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eExporters observed that about 95% of the shipment was rejected due to presence of Quinalphos which is a pesticide used widely across tea plantations. Such pesticide usage is harmful for organs and can lead to failure. Due to different countries observing different standards it becomes difficult for the exporters to meet the standards. Taiwan follows all the standards very strictly.\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe Federation of All India Traders Association found out that tea auctioned domestically failed to meet parameters set by the Food Safety and Standards Act and Regulations. The Association found out that there is a high usage of pesticides around 15% to 40%.\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0022color: #000080;\u0022\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSteps taken by Indian Government\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe Tea Board, which functions under the commerce ministry, has asked tea producers and sellers to strictly comply with the FSSAI quality norms before selling the product.\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eIt has also instructed authorities not to release tea consignments from the warehouses if they failed to qualify the FSSAI test parameters.\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eA compilation of international laws would restrict usage of almost every pesticide, and there are huge discrepancies in laboratory results, with each stating that results are subject to +/- 50 per cent error margin. In such an environment, a lab failure is more of a legislative rejection rather than a reflection of safety\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0022color: #000080;\u0022\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eConclusion\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Pesticide MRL is a serious issue concerning the Indian Tea Exporters. With more and more stringent laws due to Western and European countries Indian Tea Exports are getting effected. So Indian Tea companies needs to follow the rules and standards set , to take advantage of The Sri Lankan Crisis and increase the exports So at present Governments of most countries are approaching the Western and European countries to set realistic standard for Food items and Tea. The positives results for exporters is awaited.\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/section\u003e\u003c/div\u003e","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u003cp\u003eIntroduction Indian Tea faces Rejections across globe due to excess pesticide. Tea is a common beverage in India. In the early 1820’s the British East India Company began large-scale production of tea in Assam, India of a tea variety traditionally brewed by the Singpho tribe. 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