Four pc rise recorded in tea production in 2019.

The country's tea production is up by close to 4 percent to 1,389.70 million kg (mkg) during the calendar year 2019, over 1,338.63 mkg in 2018. The production is up by over 3 percent to 1,286.09 mkg during the April-December 2019 period, compared with 1,246.43 mkg during same period the previous year. The increased production comes at a time when the industry has been reeling under the pressure of higher costs outstripping price realizations. Most of the rise in production comes from small growers, who do not have to bear cost pressures as their peers in the...