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Tea, China and India
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China30.27°N 120.16°E
computed criticality17/100
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China ≈43% and India ≈20% of world tea production (FAO 2023)
2023Fault line
Two countries, China and India, supply more than 60% of world tea production, on precise and ancient growing belts. This concentration exposes supply to climate hazards, erratic monsoons and heatwaves, which bear directly on yields and prices of a drink consumed everywhere.
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China Tea (COFCO)
Tata Consumer Products
Assam and Yunnan growers
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