Wednesday 11 May 2016

March tea production hits new 27.5% low

March tea production hit a new 27.5% low since 2010 mainly due the drought with the output falling by 8.3 million kilos to 22.06 million kilos from 30.4 million kilos in March 2015.

Forbes & Walker Tea Brokers said, “All elevations, High, Medium and Low Growns, have shown a decrease in production.” Low Grown production fell by 5.4 million kilos to 13.2 million kilos, the lowest since 2010 when Low Grown production dropped to 11.7 million kilos.

Tea output in the January - March 2016 period was down 9.1 million kilos to 70.2 million kilos from the same 2015 period.
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