Tea production of the country rises by 10% in June

09 Aug 2011 Evaluate

India's tea production rose by 10% to 114.70 million kg (mkg) during June, 2011, on the back of higher output in Assam and West Bengal. According to Tea Board data, overall production of the country stood at 104.03 million kg of tea in the same month last year.

Production in Assam, which accounts for more than 50% of the tea produced in the country, rose by good 24% to 62.82 mkg in June, 2011, from 50.70 mkg in the year-ago period. Assam's share in the country's tea output has risen to 44% in the first half of current calendar year from 41% in the corresponding period last year.

Similarly, output in West Bengal rose by more than 2% to 25.95 mkg from 25.34 mkg in the year-ago period. In the first half, West Bengal’s production rose to 76.45 mkg from 72.90 mkg, up 4.87% with Darjeeling accounting for 3.73 mkg compared to 3.22 mkg last year first half.

North India's tea production rose by 16% to 89.45 mkg in June, 2011, from 76.79 mkg in the year-ago period. In the first half of 2011, North India produced 236.20 mkg against 212.30 mkg last year.

However, tea output in South India was down by 7% year-on-year to 25.25 mkg in June, 2011, from 27.24 mkg in the same period of the previous year. And for the first six months it produced o 122.12 mkg, down 3.59% from 126.67 mkg produced in the same period last year.

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