17-19 century: Guangzhou tea exports from prosperity to decline
December 01, 2013 00:41 Source: "Humanities Lingnan", November 29, 2013, Issue 34, Issue: Zhang Lirong

 

   
 
 
 
    early 17th century,Chinese tea was first introduced to Europe by the Dutch,,Tea occupy in Chinese and foreign trade, the proportion of Chinese and foreign trade is constantly rising。Guangzhou tea forms a mature transport and sales transit network,Then distribute to all parts of the world,Economy for European and American countries、A important impact of society。
 
    The trade pattern of Guangzhou's export tea has undergone a transition Bet365 lotto review from early trade from Southeast Asia Port to the 17th century Guangzhou & MDASH; European and American direct navigation trade。
 
    From the end of the 16th century to the middle of the 17th century,Southeast Asia plays the role of a transit station between Guangzhou and European and American tea trade,The merchant ship of Guangzhou trafficking tea is Badavia, Java, Southeast Asia、Wan Dan,Trading with European and American countries。18th Century,With the development of the Pacific Direct Airlines,The tea trade pattern with Java Island is changed,European and American countries are directly in Xiamen、Guangzhou and other ports for tea transactions。From Bet365 lotto review 18th to the 1940s,The Qing government established a Guangzhou business system,Guangzhou becomes the only domestic tea export market,and established a pattern of tea trade at sea and the United States with European and American countries,Tea has become the most important community trading supplies in the Guangzhou port。Establishment of a business system,Weaken the status of Xiamen as an important port for Southeast Asian tea,Guangzhou monopolized the foreign trade of my country's tea。
 
    After the Opium War,China and British "Nanjing Treaty" abolish the Guangzhou public public,Open Five -s -mouth business,The gold trade era in a business in Guangzhou was broken。bet365 Play online games Despite the early post -war,Tea Trading and Transportation Ordinance still runs out of the Guangzhou Port for it,But with the opening of the riverside ports such as Hankou,Guangzhou tea exports have been greatly impacted。
 
    By the second half of the 19th century,Guangzhou tea overseas trade began to decline,This is of course a lot to do with the end of a business era in Guangzhou,But the huge impact of Indian tea and Ceylon tea in the international market and the lack of improvement of tea planting and processing technology in the region,It is also one of the most important reasons for the decline of tea itself。1970s,India invented and promoted the twisting machine and tea dryer,Bet365 lotto review While reducing the cost, the quality of black tea。In the case of the loss of double comparative advantages of quality and price,Guangzhou tea export trade gradually declines。
 
 
(Author Unit: Guangzhou Local House Office)
 

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