India's April tea output drops 4% y/y - Board

McLeod Russel India

03/06/2019 11:59

MUMBAI, June 3 (Reuters) - India's tea production in April
fell 4% from a year earlier to 84.42 million kg due to lower
plucking in the top producing north-eastern state of Assam, the
state-run Tea Board said on Monday.
    In the first four months of 2019, India produced 188.03
million kg of tea, up 4.3% from a year ago because of higher
production in March, 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 exported to Iraq, Iran and
Russia.
    The country's tea exports in January to April nudged up 0.4%
to 81.59 million kg, it said.

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