TEA TASTERS AND BUYERS ATTENDING TEA PARTY IN ASSAM, INDIA NEWS HEADLINE STORIES
ASSAM NEWS HEADLINES: - Starting from tasters from world over to overseas buyers and foreign government representatives, it is estimated that about 350 delegates will be attending a global tea party being hosted in Assam India, aimed at promoting the Indian beverage to the international trade being organised by the tea convention jointly by the Tea Board of India, ITA, and the India Trade Promotion Organisation. "We are expecting government representatives from tea-producing countries like Kenya and Sri Lanka, besides delegates from the UK, the US, Russia, Germany, Egypt and even China for the convention," Dhiraj Kakaty, secretary of the Assam chapter of the Indian Tea Association (ITA), the country's apex tea administration body, told IANS. "We would get a chance to offer a bouquet of both Assam and other varieties of Indian tea before the visiting delegates. The Assam Tea Party would be the best platform to attract foreign buyers to help boost tea exports," the official said.
The three-day India International Tea Convention, scheduled to open Nov 22 in Assam's main city of Guwahati, is being dubbed as a major trade extravaganza to draw foreign buyers.
The three-day India International Tea Convention, scheduled to open Nov 22 in Assam's main city of Guwahati, is being dubbed as a major trade extravaganza to draw foreign buyers.
