The tea foreign trade in Qing Dynasty had its distinct development stages and characteristics.From 1644 to the early 1719,the tea foreign trade was quite different from its predecessors in terms of region,mode,structure and status.From 1720 to 1840,the tea foreign trade entered the development stage.At this stage,the tea foreign trade exhibited characteristics such as the initiation of the tea century,a decrease in tea ports,the dominance of black tea trade,widespread tea smuggling and so on.From 1841 to 1888,it was the prosperous stage of tea foreign trade,in which tea foreign trade was characterized by the change from foreign merchants'rushing to purchase to their wait-and-see attitude,the falling price of tea,the decreasing value of tea and the crisis of tea market.After 1889,the tea trade entered the decline stage.At this stage,the tea foreign trade was characterized by the outbreak of market crisis,the increase of brick tea sales,the further decline of tea trade status,and the in-tensified market competition.The development stage of tea foreign trade was decided by the social and historical conditions at that time,which reflected the distinctive characteristics of the times.
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