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Original Post Date: 2004-02-18 Posted By: Jan
From the News Archives of: WWW.AfricanCrisis.Org
Date & Time Posted: 2/18/2004 6:42:15 AM
S.Africa: Rooibos Tea exported to China
[I believe Rooibos is even being sold in America. I hate it personally, but a lot of people drink it and believe in it. Its a very “South African” export, and nice to see it spreading around. Jan]
Conventional wisdom has it that one cannot take tea to China, as this is where the ancient ritual of drinking the beverage began, but a humble red bush from the Western Cape has turned this wisdom on its head.
Rooibos tea, the ancient culinary and medicinal beverage of the Khoi Khoi in the Western Cape, has apparently hit the shores of the People’s Republic of China – and taken off in a big way.
So said Liu Guijin, the new ambassador to South Africa for the People’s Republic of China.
“Even though China is famous for tea, Rooibos, the specific tea that comes from the Western Cape, has really become a product that is very popular and much in demand throughout our country.”
‘People in China are changing their patterns of consumption’
He also said he was optimistic about China’s relations with the African continent and specifically with South Africa.
He went on to say that despite the impediment of African countries having done most of their trade with states of which they were former colonies, there had been a massive increase in trade between China and Africa in the past few years.
Liu noted that while trade between China and South Africa was below $100-million (about R700-million)before 1994, this had grown to more than $3,87-billion by the end of 2003. The split between imports and exports was almost even with South African exports to China totalling almost $1,9-billion.
He said China was always looking out for new markets in which to do business and that South Africa had proved a reliable bet in Africa.
Among the areas where China would sharpen its focus over the next few years were minerals, energy, technology, wine, tourism and, amazingly, tea.
‘Chinese people are moving from hard liquor to dry red wine’
“We believe that entrepreneurs in this country should be more aggressive with marketing their products in our country.
“People in China are changing their patterns of consumption, particularly in the rural areas, and it is interesting to note that Chinese people are moving from consuming hard liquor to dry red wine, which they believe to be very healthy.”
Liu observed that South Africa could soon compete with France for a greater share in supplying the demand for red wine in China.
He also said negotiations were already under way with Sasol for a joint venture involving its liquid fuel extraction technology from coal. This was an important project, he said because China currently had to purchase 180 million cubic tons of crude oil for domestic consumption.
“We are not quite certain what form this venture will take, but we are extremely excited about this because it is a big project that comes about after six years of visits and exchanges with Sasol.”
Liu added that the South African government and the Chinese government enjoyed excellent relations and regularly consulted each other on rooting out bad elements involved in narcotics or the smuggling of listed marine resources like perlemoen.
This article was originally published on page 4 of The Cape Argus on February 18, 2004
Source: IOL
URL: http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=31&ar…br>