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Tea Exporters are Unsettled but Optimistic as Global Markets Remain Stable

By Dan Bolton Dec 11, 2018 1:37pm

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In a typical year supply and demand fundamentals dictate market trends. Trading tea in 2018 was anything but typical and there are signs that significant disruptions will emerge in the New Year.

Global trade expanded for a generation as nations lowered barriers to commerce. The trend slowed in 2018. This photo depicts a massive freighter approaching the greatly expanded locks at the Panama Canal.

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