India's 2019 tea output rises 3.8% y/y to record high-Board

McLeod Russel India

28/01/2020 11:32

MUMBAI, Jan 28 (Reuters) - India's tea production in 2019
rose 3.8% from a year earlier to a record 1389.70 million kg,
helped by higher output from top-producing state Assam, the
state-run Tea Board said on Tuesday.
    Assam produced 715.79 million kg of tea in 2019, up 3.5%
from a year earlier, the board said in a statement.
    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 shipped to Iraq, Iran and
Russia.

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