Russia accounts for 18 per cent of the industry's exports and the consequences of the conflict are making themselves felt already
Scanty rainfall, last year's lockdown, growing competition from Nepal and the disaster of the 2017 Gorkhaland agitation are steadily weakening exports and sales of Darjeeling tea
Usually, during May-July, tea companies need a higher cash flow to ready the bushes for the second flush. This harvest is the most important in Assam and the second-most important in West Bengal
The tea industry, hit by rising costs, falling prices and political unrest in the North Bengal plantations, is especially vulnerable to the Covid-19 lockdown
Exports under pressure as major buyers battle Covid-19
Tea Board of India has called an urgent exporters' meet this week to discuss means of staving off expected fall in exports due to coronavirus outbreak
Exports of whole-leaf tea to Iran increased by around 74 per cent at 53.45 mkg while in Germany, it stagnated at 10 mkg
What happens if the US refuses to exempt Chabahar port from sanctions, said an exporter
Iran is India's largest importer of tea in value terms while in terms of volume, it is the second largest after Russia