North Eastern Tea Association mainly grown. Although Assam produces 52.9% of the country’s total tea production as opposed to Bengal which produces 24.8%, the Tea Board is headquartered in Kolkata (Calcutta). NETA also urged the Tea Board to make an amendment in the definition of Small Tea Grower in order to accommodate the one who holds land up to 50.6 hectares as a small tea grower. The organization also emphasizes on the growth of high quality tea from time to time and advises the tea planters and tea growers of the region to produce quality tea to attract buyers in the international markets. NETA
Tea growing in Azerbaijan tea leaves (mainly black) was produced in Azerbaijan. In 1983, tea-growing in Azerbaijan spread to 9.3 thousand hectares area. However, with the collapse of the USSR, the tea production in Azerbaijan began to deteriorate. Moreover, in the 1990s, Nagorno-Karabakh conflict had an extremely adverse impact on tea production — the volume of tea production dropped to 1,200 tons by 1995. With the development of market relations in Azerbaijan, tea production began to revive, including through joint relations with Turkey and the United Arab Emirates. The tea produced in the country is mostly green, but black tea is also quite common