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India's tea production drops 7% in August

09 Oct 2015 Evaluate

India's tea production in August fell nearly 7% from a year earlier to 152.71 million kg due to lower plucking in the top producing north-eastern state of Assam, as per the data compiled by state-run Tea Board.

Production in Assam declined by 11% from a year earlier to 88.52 million kg due to heavy rainfall that hit plucking, data showed. India, the world's second largest tea producer, exports CTC (crush-tear-curl) grade mainly to Egypt, Pakistan and the UK, and the orthodox variety to Iraq, Iran and Russia.