BEIJING, May 2 (Xinhua) -- China exported 84,858.5 metric tons (tonnes) of tea in the first quarter of the year, a decrease of 1.4 percent year on year, according to a monthly report released jointly by Xinhua Silk Road and China Chamber of Commerce of Foodstuffs and Native Produce (CFNA).
The value of China's tea exports during the period amounted to about 371.6 million U.S. dollars, an increase of 12.4 percent year on year.
In March, 2018, China exported 25,685.7 tonnes of tea, down 9.3 percent month on month and the value of China's tea exports amounted to 111.53 million U.S. dollars, up 0.3 percent month on month.
According to the report, in March, Morocco ranked first by value, among all the countries and regions that imported tea from China, with the tea imports worth about 19.13 million U.S. dollars, down 14.2 percent year on year. (Edited by Hu Pingchao, hupingchao@xinhua.org)
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