TEA NEWS #Indian tea

India’s higher tea production has helped over come any problem with global output in view of a massive shortfall in Kenya. Global black tea output so far is estimated at 1.36 billion kg so far this calendar year against 1.23 billion kg during the same period a year ago.

India has pulled down the global black tea production in calendar 2020. “According to our compilation of the official data received from various countries

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Indian tea exporters fear that there will be a drop in export volume in the current year due to higher prices available in the domestic market, particularly of the CTC variety. The exporters also complained about the lack of availability of shipping containers due to fall in imports which has also led to a steep rise in freight rates.