Everything you need to know about Tea Board India

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3 min readAug 5, 2022

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India is well-known for its tea, which is a distinctive product of the country. India is home to some of the world’s best teas, and many of them originate there. India supplies the bulk of the world’s tea imports.

Organizing the tea business is the result of tea cultivation, processing, trade, and exports. An enormous number of people are employed and successfully served by the Indian tea business.

Tea is a major focus for the Indian government. The Tea Board of India is an Indian government agency that works throughout the whole value chain, from tea plantation to final consumer.

The Ministry of Commerce of India administers the Tea Board India, a company dedicated to promoting Indian tea production and tea export business. For the promotion of Indian Tea abroad and the growth of the home tea market, the Tea Board serves as an export promotion agency. Kolkata-based Board strives to promote Indian tea exports via international trade fairs, exhibits, and other export promotional initiatives.

The purpose of the Tea Board

For the Tea Board of India, the major goal is promoting Indian tea exports across the world and enhancing the country’s tea output, productivity, and quality.

  • An organization called the Tea Board India’s primary goal is to help ease the export of tea.
  • Launch a revolutionary tea processing technique in India.
  • Increased exports of high-quality tea from India to international markets
  • Teachable moments for tea plantation workers
  • Increased R&D efforts on all elements of tea husbandry and technology (R&D).

Products Tea Board India

RCMC is issued by the Tea Board of India for the export of the following tea items and grades:

  • Bulk tea
  • Packet tea
  • Teabags
  • Instant tea

Membership in the Tea Board advantages.

Tea Board India gives the Registration-cum-Membership-Certificate upon granting registration as a tea exporter. Membership in the Tea Board of India has the following advantages:

  • Participation in major tea export business events and exhibits in major tea-consuming countries is open to members of the Tea Board. For this export marketing operation, the primary goal is to educate foreign roasters, merchants, and consumers about the quality of Indian tea.
  • Exporters may choose from a variety of initiatives run by the Tea Board India to help them find new markets for their teas.
  • The Tea Board’s export promotion plan is open to the exports of teas in retail packets and teas that are sent to high-value far-off locations.
  • Assistance is given to exporters in order to reduce transaction costs and make Indian exporters more competitive in the international market.
  • The export incentives provide a chance to grow Indian Tea’s footprint in higher-value countries and to re-establish itself in historic markets.

The Tea Board RCMC documents.

The Tea Board requires that the applicant company produce the following documentation to receive RCMC:

  • DGFT Import Export Code (IEC)
  • Copy of Tea Board exporter license
  • Declaration on company letterhead stating that the applicant regularly submits monthly export returns (including NIL returns) to Tea Board
    Also Read: The process to export textiles from India to abroad

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