Tea output dips 1 pc to 112.42 million kgs in November

India's tea production in November fell 1.03 per cent to 112.42 million kgs due to lower output in Assam and West Bengal.
Production was 113.59 million kgs in November 2012, the Tea Board said in an estimate.
Output in Assam, the largest tea-producing state, decreased 7 per cent to 55.11 million kgs in November from 59.04 million kgs in a year earlier.
In West Bengal, production dropped 8 per cent to 28.14 million kgs from 30.47 million kgs.
Assam and West Bengal are the two largest tea-producing states and their combined output accounted for about 76 per cent of the total in November.

The combined production of tea in the south Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka increased 21 per cent to 27.05 million kgs from 22.34 million kgs.
India is the world's second-largest producer and biggest consumer of tea.
The country's tea production increased 3.62 per cent to 1,135 million kgs in 2012-13.