Reports
Discussion Papers
No.571 Tea Supply Chain in East Asia
by LEI Lei
March 2016
ABSTRACT
East
Asia
is
a
major
tea-consuming
and
-producing
area;
however,
few
studies
have
examined
the
East
Asian
tea
industry
from
the
perspective
of
the
supply
chain.
Based
on
field
and
desktop
studies
of
the
tea
markets
in
Taiwan
and
China,
this
paper
provides
an
overview
of
each
market
together
with
detailed
case
studies.
In
this
analysis,
the
characteristics
of
the
tea
industry
and
the
main
problems
in
the
current
supply
chain
in
terms
of
governance,
upgrading,
and
food
safety
and
quality
control
are
identified.
This
paper
will
help
fill
the
gap
in
studies
of
the
East
Asian
tea
industry
from
the
perspective
of
the
supply
chain.
Keywords:
food
safety,
supply
chain
analysis,
tea
JEL
classification:
O13,
Q13,
Q17
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