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17255
Thu, 08/28/2008 - 11:21
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RI TEA PRODUCTS CONSIDERED MARKETABLE IN AUSTRALIA
Sydney, Aug 27 (ANTARA) - A number of Indonesian tea products have the potential to penetrate the Australian market now that Chinese products are trapped in a pesticide residue case, a researcher said.
Speaking to Antara at a trade expo organized by the Indonesian consulate general in Sydney, Dr Rohayati Suprehatini, a researcher of the Indonesian Tea Board (ITB), said the excellence of Indonesian tea products had also been confirmed by the results of the most recent research.
Studies made by the Indonesian Tea and Quinine Agency (RITC) had shown that the catesin content of Indonesian tea was 1.34 higher than those of other countries' teas.
Catesin is the active component of polyphenol which makes tea a healthful drink.
"Indonesian tea plantations now cover a total area of 140,000 hectares with a total production of about 160,000 tons per year," she said.
At the Indonesian Expo 2008 in Sydney, RITC was displaying various tea products with the potential to penetrate Australian markets such as organic tea, she said.
Rohayati said her side had been attempting to penetrate Australian markets in a bid to net more distributors in a city resort area in Sydney on August 26-28.
"This is our first effort to penetrate Australian markets. So far our tea products are already being marketed in European countries such as Britain and Germany, as well as in Rusia, the United States and Japan," she said.
Speaking to Antara at a trade expo organized by the Indonesian consulate general in Sydney, Dr Rohayati Suprehatini, a researcher of the Indonesian Tea Board (ITB), said the excellence of Indonesian tea products had also been confirmed by the results of the most recent research.
Studies made by the Indonesian Tea and Quinine Agency (RITC) had shown that the catesin content of Indonesian tea was 1.34 higher than those of other countries' teas.
Catesin is the active component of polyphenol which makes tea a healthful drink.
"Indonesian tea plantations now cover a total area of 140,000 hectares with a total production of about 160,000 tons per year," she said.
At the Indonesian Expo 2008 in Sydney, RITC was displaying various tea products with the potential to penetrate Australian markets such as organic tea, she said.
Rohayati said her side had been attempting to penetrate Australian markets in a bid to net more distributors in a city resort area in Sydney on August 26-28.
"This is our first effort to penetrate Australian markets. So far our tea products are already being marketed in European countries such as Britain and Germany, as well as in Rusia, the United States and Japan," she said.
