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1、ThoughtsonEconomicsVol.16,No.3&4ExpansionofTeaProductionandExportfromBangladesh:SomePolicySuggestion*S.M.NazmusSa’adatShabbirAbstract:ThispaperpresentsasetofsuggestionsforraisingproductionandexportofteafromBangladesh.Thesuggestionsincludemodernisationofteaproduction,bringingnewareaslike

2、PanchagarhandChittagongundercultivation,productionoforganicandherbaltea.Someofthesehavealreadybegun.Thispapermakespolicysuggestiontoadvancethesefurther.I.IntroductionTeaisaregularexportitemofBangladesh.Butduetoslowgrowthofproductiongrowingconsumptionandstiffcompetitionfromotherteaexport

3、ingcourtiers,teaexportofthecountryhasdeclined.ExportofteatodifferentcountriesbyBangladeshwitnessedsubstantialchangesovertime.Inordertocopewithsuchchanges,itisnecessarytolookfornewbuyersandpursueanaggressivepolicyintheworldteamarket.Thispaperexaminesthepresentpositionandcontainsseveralsu

4、ggestionsforraisingteaexport.Domesticconsumptionofteahassteadilyincreased.Thistrendislikelytoremainandevenmaygainmomentum.Inthefaceofrisingdomesticconsumption,astablelevelofteaexportcanbemaintainedonlybyasustainedincreaseinteaproduction.Variousaspectsofteaproductionandexporthavebeendeal

5、twith,amongothers,byKhalid(1975),Majid(1991)andSabur(2002).II.ObjectivesThepaperaimsat:i)Examinationofthepresentstatusofproduction,domesticconsumptionandexportofteaofthecountry;ii)Explorationoftheprospectofnewareasforteaproduction;andiii)Policymeasurestoincreaseproductionandexportaswell

6、asqualityimprovement,androlestobeplayedbythegovernmentandnationalbodies.LecturerinEconomics,AsianUniversityofBangladesh,Dhaka.Thispaperiswrittenonthebasisofanauthor’sPh.D.thesisunderRajshahiUniversity.68S.M.NazmusSa’adatShabbir/ExpansionofTeaProduction…………..III.ProductionProductionoftea

7、inBangladeshregisteredsteadygrowthrisingfrom39.81millionkgin1980to53.41millionkgin2001.ManyoftheteabushesinBangladesharewellover50yearsold.Thishasresultedinlossofvigorandproduction.Inthepast,forachievingshort-termgains,plantingeffortsweremoreconcentratedonnewareasthanonreplacem