抄録
Green tea trade between Japan and China has been changing from expansion into reduction from the latter half of 1990's to the present. This study discusses how to develop a "producing center of green tea export to Japan" in China, revealing how to respond to the decrease of exports. While the producing centers changed in order to guarantee the safety of the green tea along with export liberalization year by year, green tea export to Japan decreased in China after 2005. On the other hand, the market for green tea is expanding within China. Therefore, in the producing center, green tea productions are changing from for export trade to for domestic consumption.
