Tea exports have declined by 20.24% to 81.85 million kg (mkg) in the first half of the current fiscal compared with last year due to drop in outbound shipments of the brew from North and South India. The country shipped 102.62 million kg of tea in the Apr-Sept period of the 2011-12 fiscal. During April and September, the asking price in the export market rose to Rs.184.18/kg from Rs.152.04/kg in the same period of last year. The exports slumped by 20.77 mkg or 20.24% in last 6 months. Due to lower shipment, the overall earnings from exports dropped to Rs 1,507.62 crore from Rs 1,560.23 crore.
Tea exports registered a decline in the first and second quarters in the current financial year, as compared to the previous financial year. Tea shipments in April-June this fiscal declined by 22% to 30.70 mkg from 39.57 mkg in the same quarter of last fiscal, whereas, the exports of the brew fell by 19% to 51.15 mkg in July-Sept quarter of 2012-13 from 63.05 mkg in the year-ago period.
The prices rose to an average of Rs 116.54 from Rs 98.09. This reduced the off-take to 34.21 mkg from 49.41 mkg. As a result, the overall earnings dropped to Rs 398.69 crore from Rs 484.68 crore. India, the world's second-largest producer and the biggest consumer of tea , exports the brew to Middle Eastern countries, the US and the EU.
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