MUMBAI : India’s June tea production fell 17.4% from a twelve months earlier to 141.31 million kilograms (kg), the impart-stagger Tea Board said, as floods and pest assault dented output in the principle producing blueprint.
Heavy June rainfall flooded tea gardens in Assam, which accounts for added than half of the nation’s production, making tea plucking piquant for workers. That sent production down 19% twelve months on twelve months to 74.35 million kg.
Tea plucking in India, the arena’s 2d-splendid tea producer, customarily quickens from June to October.
In the principle half of of 2022 India’s tea production fell 20% from a twelve months earlier to 360.19 million kg, Tea Board recordsdata reveals.
Lower tea production in June lifted moderate tea prices in July to 194.49 rupees ($2.44) per kg, up 10.5% twelve months on twelve months, in accordance with the Tea Board.
The nation exports CTC (crush-stride-curl) grade basically to Egypt and the UK, with the orthodox diversity shipped to Iraq, Iran and Russia.
The CTC tea is produced the utilization of a maceration instrument while the orthodox tea is produced the utilization of mature formulation of withering, rolling, oxidation and drying.
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