In Russia and India are interested in joint production of tea

Russian and Indian tea companies plan to start joint production of tea in Russia.
On this September 28 the representative of the Indian Association of Tea Producers Sujit Patra. According to him, this initiative became interested in Russian Association of Tea and Coffee "Rusteacoffee." But the Indian side held talks with Russia's largest producer of tea Orimi Tea.
Patra said that in Russia the fastest growing demand in the industry - in the tea bags. At the same time the import duty on packaged tea reaches 18%.
India supplies to Russia about 43 million kg per year. The volume of the Russian tea market is about 160 million kg. The average Russian consumes about 1.3 kg per year, reports RIA "Novosti".