Main or leading tea companies
According to (Szenthe Adrianna 2019) list of the top world’s producing tea industry (appendices 2), most of the leading countries include- China, India, Kenya, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam, among others. (Kumarihami and Song 2018)Added that these countries contribute to 86.5% of the total world tea production. China is the biggest producer of tea, as per the Szenthe’s analysis, china produces approximately 30-35% of the total output in that year. The country has a long history of the tea industry, where they consume it as a beverage and medicine. Consequently, Anderson, (2014), the analysis indicated major five companies which drank tea mostly were, James Finlay, McLeod Russel, Tata Global Beverages, Twinings, and Unilever (Appendices 1). These researches show a significant increase in the production and export of tea in most leading companies, and the market segment has been identified based on the type of commodity, packaging, channels of distribution, requests, and topography.