India's September tea output rises 5.5 pct
02/11/2018 15:35
MUMBAI, Nov 2 (Reuters) - India's September tea production
was up 5.5 percent year on year at 160.65 million kg, helped by
a bigger harvest in Assam, the state-run Tea Board said on
Friday.
Production in Assam, the top-producing state, jumped 7.7
percent to 92.04 million kg in Septmber, 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 David Goodman)
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