World Green Tea Conference Joint Declaration

Photos(conference/tea ceremony)

World Green Tea Association

Date

Rachmat Badruddin, Advisor,Indonesia Tea Industry Association

Wang Qing, Executive Vice Chairman, China Tea Marketing Association

Young-Gul Kim, Vice Chairman, Korean Tea Producer Association

Yvonne, IF, Kao, Executive Director, Taiwan Tea Exporters Association

Nguyen Kim Phong, Chairman, Vietnam Tea Industry Association

Kalle Grieger, German Tea Industry Association

Igor Titov, General Manager, Russian Committee of the XXI Century

Joseph P. Simrany, Chairman, The Tea Association of the U.S.A.

Hajime Matsumoto, Senior Managing Director, World Green Tea Association

(in order of presentation)

November 2, 2007

With the goal of increasing worldwide green tea consumption, participating organizations shall cooperate with the World Green Tea Association in exchanging information to promote collection and dissemination of green tea-related information and to implement specific activities to realize this goal.
Promotion period: 2007 through 2010

Benefits
1. Participating organizations shall promote international scientific research on the health benefits of green tea and cooperate in disseminating research results to the green tea industry and the world media to contribute to global health and peace.

Safety and quality assurance
2. In order to provide safe and wholesome green tea to consumers around the world, participating organizations shall cooperate in promoting efforts to fulfill the legal requirements of each country and work toward their standardization.

Culture
3. Participating organizations shall endeavor to build a worldwide framework for promoting green tea consumption and for spreading the traditional culture associated with green tea as well as new ways to enjoy it.