August tea output rises 2.2%

Output rose to 154.26 mn kg in August from 150.90 mn kg a year ago, on higher production in West Bengal

Reuters New Delhi
Last Updated : Oct 07 2013 | 10:06 PM IST
India's tea production in August rose 2.2 percent from a year earlier to 154.26 million kg, the state-run Tea Board said in a statement on Monday.

The shortfall in output in the southern states was offset by higher plucking in key north-eastern states.

The country's tea production in the first eight months of the 2013 calendar year stood at 704.87 million kg, up 6.3 percent from last year.

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Tea plucking in the world's second biggest producer usually gains momentum between July and October.

India exports CTC (crush-tear-curl) grade tea mainly to Egypt, Pakistan and the United Kingdom, and the orthodox variety to Iraq, Iran and Russia.
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First Published: Oct 07 2013 | 8:21 PM IST

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