India's July tea output jumps 8.3% y/y - Board

McLeod Russel India

27/08/2019 10:01

MUMBAI, Aug 27 (Reuters) - India's tea production in July
jumped 8.3% from a year ago to 176.07 million kg, helped by
higher plucking in the top producing northeastern state of
Assam, the state-run Tea Board said on Tuesday.
    Assam produced 97.02 million kg of tea in July, a jump from
last year's 93.71 million kg, 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.
    The country's tea production in the first seven months of
2019 rose 5.9% from a year earlier to 649.75 million, the board
added.

 (Reporting by Rajendra Jadhav, Editing by Sherry
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