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"The price of tea in China" is an expression which is used to denote something which is unrelated to the current topic of discussion. This expression has stemmed from economists, who describe everything economic as affecting everything else, trying to find an expression which denotes the furthest logical connection from their current economic focus. In this way, the price of tea in China was used to denote the furthest possibility. It can also be used to denote an irrelevant topic. It has the most common form "what does that have to do with the price of tea in China?" However: World tea production in 2003 was 3.25 million tonnes of which China produced 24.6%. China therefore produced approx 800 000 tonnes of tea in 2003. Prices were about $1.50 US per kg or $1500 per tonne. 1500 * 800 000 = 1.2 Billion USD. This doesn't account for family farms, tea in storage from previous years and tea imports. http://www.fao.org/newsroom/en/news/2004/51815/index.html ;)
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