India's May tea output jumps 10% y/y - Board

McLeod Russel India

25/06/2019 10:00

MUMBAI, June 25 (Reuters) - India's tea production in May
jumped 10% from a year earlier to 134.79 million kg due to
higher plucking in the top producing north-eastern state of
Assam, the state-run Tea Board said on Tuesday.
    Assam's tea output in the month jumped 17.5% to 66.52
million kg, the board said.
    In the first five months of 2019, India produced 322.82
million kg of tea, up 6.6% from a year ago because of higher
production in March and May, 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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