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Tea cultivation is an example of plantation agriculture. It is also an important beverage crop introduced in India initially by the British. Today, most of the tea plantations are owned by Indians. The tea plant grows well in tropical and subtropical climates endowed with deep and fertile well-drained soil, rich in humus and organic matter. Tea bushes require a warm and moist frost free climate all through the year. Frequent showers evenly distributed over the year ensure continuous growth of tender leaves. Tea is a labour-intensive industry. It requires abundant, cheap and skilled labour. Tea is processed within the tea garden to restore its freshness. Major tea producing states are Assam, hills of Darjeeling and Jalpaiguri districts, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Apart from these, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Meghalaya, Andhra Pradesh and Tripura are also tea-producing states in the country. In 2015 India was the second largest producer of tea after China.
Which of the following countries was the largest producer of tea in 2016?
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According to China's Minister of Agriculture, China produced over 2.4 million tonnes of tea in 2016, accounting for 40% of global tea production. Last year, tea was grown on about 2.87 million hectares of land in China. Guangdong, Zhejiang, and Yunnan are among China's most important tea-growing provinces, accounting for more than half of the country's annual tea earnings. After China, India was the world's second-largest tea producer in 2015.