Show chinas tea trade declining some interesting statistics have been collected by vice consul arnold at I 1 oo 00 chow concerning the great decline in china s tea trade from 1678 when tea was first introduced into england until 1837 china held ex clu elusively the tea trade of the world then india began to enter the tea market the chinese trade reached high tide in 1886 with a total export of 30 pounds in 1884 china furnished about 72 per cent ot of the world s total india and ceylon 18 per cent and japan and formosa 10 per cent but in 1904 when the total con L I 1 simp tion had increased to P pounds china contributed only 30 per cent india and ceylon 60 per cent japan and formosa 10 per cent the decline in china Is ascribed to care less methods ot of cultivation and pre caration pa par ration atlon of the leaf |