Pakistan is the fourth largest tea importer in the world, after Russia, UK and Egypt. Pakistan has a market of over 140 to 170 million kg for black tea, which is imported from 21 countries including Kenya, Indonesia, India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.According to the statistics of the Federal Agency from July to November last year more than fifty two thousand metric tons of tea was imported which costs around fourteen billion and five million rupees. In the same duration of the year before forty-eight thousand metric ton of tea was imported. Last year only in the month of November three billion and sixty-six million rupees were spent on the import of tea which clearly shows the increase in the usage of tea by the people of Pakistan.

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3. Outline
 Introduction
 Tea Making Process
 Objectives
 Main Achievements
 Future Plans 3

4. Introduction
 Shinkiari is a combination of two Pashto words "Shin" means
green and kiarai means garden
 Established in 1976-77 at village Baffa (District Mansehra)
 A tea garden on 30 acres land
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5. Main Steps in Tea Making Process
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6. Objectives
 To introduce tea varieties and establish model tea
gardens
 To assess yield potential and quality of made tea
 To identify the extent of the area suitable for tea
plantation
 To evolve production package for tea growers
 To process both green and black tea
 To study the processing of tea
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7. Main Achievements
 Screened 5 Chinese tea varieties suitable for tea plantation in
the area and established tea gardens at Shinkiari
 Identified 1,50,000 acres (60,000 ha) of land suitable for tea
plantation in Hazara and Swat
 Obtained a maximum yield of 9 tons of fresh leave (2 tons
made tea) per hectare from tea bushes of 7 years age.
 Evaluated tea quality, which ranked 2nd best in grade at the
International Tea Market, London in 1989.
 Introduction of private companies and Private tea traders i.e.
"Tapal" to hire the lands of farmers on lease basis and
ultimately involving in tea plantation.
 Developed tea production package and published in Urdu
Brochure for tea growers entitled "Chaey ki kasht". 7

8. Future Plans
 Evaluation of the production package on the farmer's field
under different ecological conditions.
 Popularization of tea cultivation through field
demonstration and Audio visuals.
 Training of rural population on leaf plucking and green tea
processing as cottage industry.
 Processing, qualitative assessment and marketing of black
tea.
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