<Overview of the global green tea market.
A report funded by the RIRDC examines the potential for value added
products made from green tea. There is an increasing market for the
use of green tea in world wide in the use of green tea in beverages,
cosmetics, nutriceuticals, medicinals and as flavours and fragrances.
The medical research industry is increasing its focus on potential
disease cures and preventatives.
Green tea has a number of cosmetic uses – as an antioxidant,
prevention of sun damage to the skin and as an antiwrinkling product.
The cosmetics industry uses it in sunscreens, moisturisers,
foundations, toothpaste and haircare products. Green tea is also a
natural preservative that can be used in products in place of
synthetic preservatives. In Japan, green tea is used as a flavouring
for cakes, sweets and biscuits.
There is increasing production of the ready to drink beverages (RTD).
The RTD market contains green
tea either as a single flavoured drink or as an ingredient in a
mixture of flavours, which are aimed at the health market. These
products can be packaged in a variety of containers including cans,
bottles and tetrapacs they are also either carbonated or still.
The health care market (both neutriceutical and medicinal) is
increasing its use of green tea in tablets,
capsules and health drinks. The tea used in the nutritional
supplements is either in an extract form or as a powdered leaf.
The benefits of green tea include the bacterial and viral infections
and the treatment of certain types of cancer.
http://www.rirdc.gov.au/reports/NPP/00-169.pdf
World supply and demand for green tea is dominated by China and Japan.
They produce 65 per cent and 20 per cent of the world's crop and 85
per cent and 5 per cent of the world's exports respectively. Green tea
is also grown in Indonesia, Taiwan and other eastern Asian countries.
With the increasing interest in green tea for health benefits,
countries in Western Europe, the USA, Canada and Australia are all
increasing their consumption of green tea.
http://www.agric.wa.gov.au/agency/pubns/bulletin/bull4499.htm#markets
An overview of the Australian market for green tea.
There are a number of green tea products sold in Australia which are
blends of
imported teas or Australian grown tea. The major brands of tea are
sold through supermarket chains. This includes products under the
brands of Lipton, Tetley, Twinings and Dilmah. Green tea is classified
as herbal or speciality tea. In 1995 retail sales of herbal tea
through supermarkets were worth $15.8 million and speciality tea were
worth $23.1 million.
Several market opportunities have been recognised within Tasmania and
the other states. For example, there are specialty shops dealing in
different types of tea and tea extract products. Less well known
brands tend to be sold in health food and speciality stores.
Businesses operating in Tasmania and other states including
Queensland, New South Wales and
Victoria, use green tea as an ingredient for value added products,
such as soaps, skin care products, herbal products, medicinals and
food flavouring.
Although there appears to be a significant demand in Australia for
green tea and green tea extracts, Australian producers are unable to
meet the market’s demand necessitating ongoing imports from various
sources world-wide including China, Malaysia and
Japan.
http://www.rirdc.gov.au/reports/NPP/00-59.pdf
Trends.
According to Euromonitor, the Australian hot drinks market is expected
to grow to A$1.3 million by 2006. It predicts that volume growth will
be restricted to some extent by the mature nature of the market,
nevertheless it will continue to increase as continued strong
marketing in all three product areas brings an increasing number of
consumers into the market.
Its full report on the market for hot drinks in Australia costs $1000.
It provides data on the latest sales, distribution, product and market
share trends and developments. Covering coffee, tea and other hot
drinks,
http://worldofinformation.safeshopper.com/55/1091.htm?160>
According to AP Food the extracted beverage industry is increasing
with demand for convenient and exciting new products. The popularity
of tea is still growing with the innovation of ready to drink
products.
The liquid green tea market in Japan grew by 46 percent per annum
between 1990 and 1999. Singapore has also experienced a year on year
growth of 30 percent.
http://www.apfoodonline.com/magazines/2001/september/art03.htm
Tea growing in Australia.
The Japanese green tea processor, Ito En, has contracts with 27
growers in Australia who cultivate on average 1000ha each.
http://www.lookjapan.com/LBecobiz/O1AprTB.htm. The company is planning
to set up extra production facilities in Victoria's Alexandra-Eildon
region. The additional plant is needed as the company had reached
acreage capacity at its Mount Beauty plant. By spring this year, the
company in conjunction with local farmers will have established 130
hectares of planted tea in Victoria. Its target is to produce 50,000
tonnes of tea a year by 2015 using the additional production
facilities. Ito En has been in Victoria since 1994. The company
produces and distributes a variety of green tea products, including an
innovative canned, green tea beverage known as Ooi Ocha.
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http://www.lookjapan.com/LBecobiz/O1AprTB.htm
Green tea was planted in Tasmania in 1993. There are trials in the
northeast with a further site to be planted in the south of the state.
http://tea.hypermart.net/countries/australiafacts.html
Gordon Brown grows green tea at Allens Rivulet, south of Hobart in
Tasmania. http://216.239.51.100/search?q=cache:M5P1Syy7RAMC:www.soundsliketechno.com.au/rural/telegraph/today.htm+%22green+tea%22+south+australia&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
The Tea industry forum provides a lot of information about the tea
industry.
http://www.tea.org.au/forum/sub3.html
There is currently 1,500 tonnes of processed black tea produced from
700ha of plantations in Australia.
http://www.rirdc.gov.au/pub/compendium/1995/pr-025.html
A study shows that 30 percent of consumers prefer the ‘made in
Australia’ feature on the packaging.
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Twinings predicts significant growth in the demand for green tea.
Green tea is found to have cholesterol reducing benefits.
http://216.239.51.100/search?q=cache:lOZXjg75RXIC:gray-seddon-tea.com/brochures/octNewsletter.PDF+%22growers%22+%22green+tea%22+australia&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
Tea consumption in Australia.
The current consumption of green tea in Australia is about 2,000
tonnes per year. In contrast 17,000 tonnes of black tea is consumed.
Most tea drunk is Australia is imported, the country grows around 2000
tonnes of black tea and has recently begun production of green tea
which is mostly exported to Japan. Tasmanians drink the most tea.
Tea consumption is influenced by age and ethnic background.
According to a national nutrition survey, adults aged 25 and over were
more likely to drink tea. Adults born in the United Kingdom, Ireland
and New Zealand had the highest mean intake of tea. More coffee than
tea was consumed
by adults aged 19-44. Adults over 45 consumed more tea than coffee.
http://www.abs.gov.au/Ausstats/abs@.nsf/e8ae5488b598839cca25682000131612/9a125034802f94ceca2568a9001393ce
A full copy of this survey can be purchased from the Australian Bureau
of Statistics at a cost of $32, alternatively the publication can be
downloaded for free at some libraries.
http://www.abs.gov.au/Ausstats/abs@.nsf/Lookup/E6EFC36BF13206EBCA256888001CD460
Tasmanians drink the most tea
http://ink.news.com.au/mercury/mathguys/articles/1999/990129a2.htm
Australia produces 1,600 tonnes of tea each year.
83 percent of households use tea-bags. Each household uses 600 bags
per year.
Daily consumption of tea is 22 million cups or 44 tonnes per day and
16,060 each year.
Tea accounts for 18% of all drinks.
http://www.tea.org.au/cuppa/sub5.html
Manufacturers
The Major manufacturers are Unilever, Tetley, Twinings and Dilmah.
Unilever with its Lipton brand is the market leader in the Australian
tea market. Tetley has the number two position. However newcomer
Dilmah which entered the market 12 years ago is now vying for second
place.
Unilever
Unilever is the worlds largest tea company. In Australia its brands
include Lipton, Bushells and Lanchoo tea. Unilever Australia also
sells ready to drink ice tea under the Lipton brand. Lipton is
Australia's number one Tea Brand. Unilever has a 24 percent share of
the Australian tea market. Lipton Tea Bags Jasmine Green are sold
through Woolworths supermarkets.
Unilever Australia
Cambridge Street
Epping NSW 2121
Contact: Garry West
Ph 02 9869 6100
Fax 02 9869 6300
Email Tea-Australia@Unilever.com
http://www.unilever.com
Tetley Australia Pty. Ltd.
Tetley is the second largest tea-bag brand worldwide, with brand
leadership in the UK and Canada. In Australia it is the "number two"
tea packer and marketer. Tetley has been marketing its products in
Australia since 1963. Its products are now manufactured in India.
Although the Tetley brand has been selling in Australia since 1963, it
was in July 1988 that the company Tetley Australia was formed. It has
introduced new brands like Big Cuppa and relaunched Billy Tea. A
recent study by A C Nielsen has shown that Tetley is one of the
fastest growing tea brands in Australia
http://www.etfoodprocessing.com/oct-nov2002/news7.html
Tetley’s market share in Australia is 18 percent, up from 14 percent.
It is currently ranked number 2 after Unilever which has a 24 percent
share. Australia account for 4 percent of Tetley’s world sales. The
company predicts a rise in sales to 2005
http://www.myiris.com/shares/research/investsmart/TATTEA_20030310.pdf
In 1996, Tetley launched Emperor’s Garden Green Tea in Australia which
was aimed at the health conscious consumer. It is sold in packs of 10,
50 and 100. It is stocked by Coles supermarket.
http://www.britannia.com/panorama/teabiz.html
Tetley Australia Pty. Ltd.
12 Yarra Street
South Yarra Vic 3141
Ph 03 9825 3300
Fax 03 9827 3282
Web www.tetley.com
Email TetleyAustralia@Tetley-Group.com
The company has started production of organic green tea.
http://in.biz.yahoo.com/p/t/ttte.bo.html
Twinings
Twinings is one of the oldest tea companies and brand names in the
world. It leads the market in speciality teas. With the benefit of
nearly 300 years experience, a wide range of high quality blends in
tins, cartons and tea-bags are distributed and enjoyed in more than 90
countries throughout the world.
Twinings markets three green teas in Australia – Early Grey Green,
Jasmine Green Tea and Java Green Tea. The teas were launched in 2000.
Manassen Foods
PO Box 2446
Rowville Vic 3178
Ph 03 9763 3044
Fax 03 9763 3054
Email tea@manassen.com.au
Web www.twinings.com
Dilmah
Products - Green Tea Jasmine 50’s
Dilmah has an 8.6 percent market share of Australia’s speciality tea
market.
http://www.dilmahtea.com.sg/teacomp.html
Dilmah brand accounts for a 12 percent market share of the Australian
market. http://www.dilmahtea.com/press/Press_August2001/value_added_reuters.htm
Dilmah is currently competing for second place in the Australian
market.
The tea is one of the most expensive brands on the Australian market.
The company entered the Australian market 12 years ago.
It achieved its market share through promotion on radio, TV and the
print media
http://www.dilmahtea.com/index.html
Onno Behrends
A German based manufacturer who markets their herbal teas in
Australia.
OTG is the largest tea producer in Germany with a market share of 43
%. In the sectors of herbal and fruit tea bags - its largest segment
of the tea market – it achieved an increase in turnover of 26 %.
http://www.lsh-ag.de/index.php3
Distributor
Sandra Kapp
Abel Lemon Distribution PTY LTD
PO BOX 292
Concord NSW 2137
Products – A variety of herbal teas including Onno Behrends Lemon
Green Tea.
A traditional China green tea with a subtle lemon flavour.
Sold in health food stores and in major retail outlets like Woolworths
and Coles.
http://www.abellemon.com.au/onno/onno.htm
Funxion Enterprises Pty Ltd
Level 6, 38 York Street
SYDNEY, NSW, 2000
Australia
Telephone +61 2 9290 2700
Mr Richard Sexton, Director
Email: richard@funxion.com.au
Products
Iced green tea with herbal infusions of Siberian Ginseng and Gingko
Biloba. All natural ingredients. Funxion
Background - Founded in 2001 to exploit the underdeveloped market for
herbal-enhanced non-carbonated functional drinks in Australia. The
first flavour (lemon) was produced in November 2001, and has enjoyed
considerable success. Based on the success of overseas iced tea
manufacturers, a mango flavour will be produced in June 2002.
Target market - young and busy 18-40 year olds who have a desire for
"easy health" and need a little extra out of their drinks, but don't
want an energy drink or fizzy soft drink.
http://www.funxion.com.au/
http://www2.austrade.gov.au/AOD/Page59124.asp
The Kombucha House Pty Ltd
30 Climax Court
Canungra
Queensland 4275
A family run business selling beverage products domestically and to
the European, Asian and U.S. market.
Products – Veronica’s Green Tea Kombucha – a beverage based on green
tea.
http://www.kombucha-house.com/index.html
Madura Tea Estates
Madura Tea Estates, established in 1978, is a 25 hectare tea
plantation near Murwillumbah, NSW, where tea is grown in near-perfect
subtropical conditions.
Madura Tea Estates
PO Box 702
Murwillumbah NSW 2484
Ph 02 6677 7215
Fax 02 6677 7451
Email info@maduratea.com.au
Tea brands http://www.tea.org.au/forum/sub4.html
Nerada Tea Company
Nerada Tea, established in 1959, is situated in the Nerada Valley on
the foothills of the Atherton Tablelands in Far North Queensland. It
is the largest supplier of Australian grown teas to the domestic
market.
Nerada Tea Pty Ltd
PO Box 1420
Sunnybank Hills QLD 4109
Contact : Andrew Weavers / Peter Jeffery
Ph 07 3272 0444
Fax 07 3272 0243
Email info@neradatea.com.au
Products - Nerada tea bags organic green, sold in Woolworths
http://www.ourbrisbane.com/business/businessonline/stories/nerada.htm
Christie Tea Pty Ltd
Christie Tea is a specialist Australian manufacturer of tea bags for
supermarkets with their own brands and for other participants in the
tea industry. Christie Tea selects and blends teas from producing
countries.
Christie Tea Pty Ltd
Unit 1A
938 South Road
PO Box 235
Edwardstown SA 5039
Ph 08 8371 5311
Fax 08 8371 5322
Email christea@senet.com.au
George Payne & Co. (Ceylon) Ltd
Markets its brand of
Alwazah Tea in Australia.
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Stassen Group
Products include Stassen Jasmine Green Tea
Specialises in contract blending and packing teas to meet customer
requirements. Includes green tea products. Chunmee and Gun Powder are
the main grades produced by Stassen, and the entire production is
exported worldwide in bulk, in packets or as tea bags.
http://www.stassen.com.au/index.html
Importers of tea
http://dir.indiamart.com/foreignimporters/ag_tea.html
Nepal Organic Tea
Buyers of organic tea.
Address: 28/3, Barton Road, Artarmon, Sydney - 2064, Australia
Phone: +(61)-(2)-94116494 Fax: +(61)-(2)-94391671
Products
Nepal Organic Green Tea.
Nepal Organci Green Leaf Tea.
Packs of 25 and 100 tea bags and packets of 100 gram leaf tea, sold in
health food and organic stores across Australia.
http://www.teaandcoffee.net/news/messages/3272.html
http://www.organickte.com/production-qualitycontrol.htm
Oz Oriental Organisation
Importers of various types of tea.
Address: Unit 2, 20-22 Bridge Road, Sydney - 2145, Australia
Phone: +(61)-(2)-96353587 Fax: +(61)-(2)-96353543
Global Infinity International
Importers of tea and coffee.
Address: 6/41, Memorial Av, Merrylands - 2160, Australia
Phone: +(61)-(2)-96374310 Fax: +(61)-(2)-96374310
Maxbal Pty
Importers of Heart Guardian A – Herbal Tea and Beiqishen Herbal Tea
Tetley – green tea products
8 Mittabah Rd, Hornsby, NSW 2077 Australia
+61 2 9987-1882
+61 2 9987-1886
Email info@maxbal.com
http://equitiesi.rediff.com/html/pickofweek.html
Distributors
Eco-Farms Pty Ltd - Cnr Park & Bedford, Homebush, NSW 2129 Ph: (02)
9764 2833
Horizon Foods - Unit 3, 1 Tasman Way, Byron Bay Industrial Estate,
Byron Bay NSW 2481 Ph: (02) 6685 8977
Melrose Health Supplies - 4 Redland Drive, Micham, VIC 3132 Ph:
(03) 9874 7800
Pagle Pty Ltd - 30B Hilly Street, Mortlake NSW 2137 Ph: (02)
9736 1800
http://www.stassen.com.au/tea_sta_1.htm
Bio Distributors - PO Box 12, SHEFFIELD, Tasmania 7306 AUSTRALIA
http://www.biodistributors.com.au/index.htm
Formosan Green Tea - http://www.rojinatea.com/aboutus.html
Trade Winds Tea & Coffee Pty Ltd- http://www.tradewinds.org.au/ -
Distributes organically grown products from small producers.
New Green Tea Products.
Teazo Iced Tea
http://www.freezoccino.com/2.html
Rojina Green Tea
http://www.rojinatea.com/aboutus.html
MajorAustralian supermarkets.
Coles http://www.coles.com.au/
Operates 460 stores throughout Australia.
Stocks 118 tea products, three are types of green tea:
Madura Green Tea Bags $3.69 50 pack
Twinings Java Green Tea Bags $1.44 20g packet
Tetley Emporer’s Garden Green Tea $3.51 50 pack
Woolworths http://www.woolworths.com.au/
Operates over 1400 stores throughout Australia.
Stocks 136 tea products, 8 are green tea products.
Dilmah Green Tea Bags $3.39 50 pack
Dilmah Tea Leaf $4.18 200g
Lipton Tea Bags Jasmine Green $2.40 25 pack
Madura Tea Bags Green $3.72 50 pack
Madura Tea Leaf Green $3.39 125g pack
Nerada Tea Bags Organic Green $1.46 25 pack
Tea – Leaf – Fair Trade – Universal Village – Organic Green Ceylon Cha
Tea $4.99 100g pack
Twinings Tea Bags Java Green $1.45 10 pack
Spar http://www.foodretailers.com.au/spar/
Operates 40 stores in Australia.
Specialist retailers.
Gray & Seddon Premium Tea Merchants
Shop: 173 Centre Road Bentleigh 3204
POSTAL ADDRESS: Box 12040 A'Beckett Street Post Office Melbourne 3000
Australia.
+61 3 9557 1906
A wide choice of green teas.
http://gray-seddon-tea.com/coprofile.shtml
Taka Tea Garden
320 New South Head Road
Double Bay Sydney
NSW 2028 Taka Tea Garden has the exclusive distribution rights of
green tea products made by a Japanese green tea company called
Chikumedio in Australia and New Zealand.
http://www.takateagarden.com.au/profile.htm
City Health Foods http://www.cityhealth.com.au/shop/default.asp
Shop and online store.
Shop 2, 111 Hunter St, Newcastle NSW 2300 Australia
Stocks Formosan Tea products
Formosan Tea - Green Tea 250g RRP $6.00 $4.20
Formosan Tea - Green Tea Powder 30g RRP $7.20 $5.04
Formosan Tea - Green Tea Bags 25 RRP $3.50 $2.51
Formosan Tea - Jasmine Green Tea Bags RRP $2.64 $1.65
Formosan Tea – Oolong Teabags 10 RRP 2.64 $1.85
Other products containing green tea.
Cha For Tea
389 Victoria Ave.
Chatswood N.S.W. 2067
Phone: 002-61-2-9410-0617
Tea house aimed at young people.
http://obiah.tripod.com/chafortea/news.html
http://taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2002/04/13/131733
Directory of health food shops in Sydney
http://sydney.citysearch.com.au/search?type=grid&flavor_id=26&sort=rank-desc&cw1=11&neighborhoods=&x=17&y=12
Japanese green teas sold in Australia.
The average price of retail green tea including packaging is $71.76
per kg.
Sencha $85 per kg
Genmaicha $55-77 per kg
Bancha $64 per kg
http://www.nre.vic.gov.au/web/root/domino/cm_da/NRECTI.nsf/TOC/4A25676D0027D8684A25693E0007D493
Other uses of green tea.
Green Tea is also used in other health and cosmetics products. The
following are links to manufacturers.
Green tea powder
http://www.bjharris.com.au/vegetables.html
Cosmetics
http://www.nuskin.com/au/whats_new/newProducts/dual_active.shtml
Face mask
http://www.janssen-australia.com.au/dermafleece.html
Health products
http://allonhealth.com/health-products/proanc2000.htm
Diet products
http://www.a-healthy-diet.com.au/usa_herbalife/Herbalife_quick_weight_loss.htm
Cosmetics
http://www.auscos.net.au/
Further reading
Cadman, R. (2000). Report on the Prospects for Japanese Green Tea
Production in North East Victoria: An overview of a farmer study tour
of Japan, NRE Report.
O’Brien, K., Morgan, M., Clarke, R. (2000) Production and marketing of
green tea. NRE Report.
http://www.agric.wa.gov.au/agency/pubns/bulletin/bull4499.htm#markets
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<The world market for tea>
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<Green tea sales rise dramatically in the U.S.>
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<The green tea project in the Murrindindi Shire in Victoria>
<http://www.nre.vic.gov.au/trade/asiaveg/nlaf-03b.htm>
<Murrindindi green tea project>
<http://www.affa.gov.au/ministers/troeth/releases/98/98_13t.html>
<Tasmanian production>
<http://www.rirdc.gov.au/pub/compendium/93-94/pr-046.html>
<Green tea to be grown in Tasmania>
<http://www.rirdc.gov.au/pub/media_releases/31jan94.html>
<ITOEN – a major Japanese manufacturer of green tea products with
plantations in Australia.>
<http://www.itoen.co.jp/eng/investor/200204/apr/Apr02.pdf>
<The New Zealand green tea market>
<http://www.grocersreview.co.nz/archives/mar02_5.htm>
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