Prospects for the Pakistan Tea Industry

I. D Carruthers and G. D Gwyer
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I. D Carruthers: Wye College, University of London
G. D Gwyer: Wye College, University of London

The Pakistan Development Review, 1968, vol. 8, issue 3, 431-451

Abstract: Pakistan's foreign-exchange earnings from tea, which during the period 1951-53 averaged more than 40 million rupees annually, had fallen to an average of 6 million rupees annually during the period 1964-66. This decline in earnings resulted from the diversion of tea from export to domestic markets where higher prices reflected the extent to which the growth of domestic tea consumption had exceeded the growth of production. Recognising that continuation of this trend would lead to Pakistan becoming a net importer of tea with further loss of foreign exchange, the government took steps in the early sixties to encourage expansion of tea production as an alternative to restraining demand through rationing or eventual import controls.

Date: 1968
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