India's Oct tea output drops 3.7 pct y/y-Board
07/12/2018 10:49
MUMBAI, Dec 7 (Reuters) - India's October tea production
fell 3.7 percent from year ago to 176.44 million kg as plucking
dropped in top producer north-eastern Assam state, the state-run
Tea Board said on Friday.
Production in Assam fell 7.6 percent to 96.21 million kg in
October, the board said.
The country's tea exports in first ten months of 2018 edged
up 1.2 percent from a year ago to 200.38 million kg, the board
said.
India, the world's second-biggest tea producer, exports CTC
(crush-tear-curl) grade mainly to Egypt, Pakistan and the United
Kingdom, with the orthodox variety exported to Iraq, Iran and
Russia.
(Reporting by Rajendra Jadhav; Editing by Amrutha Gayathri)
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