Jan 28, 2020
India’s tea production has risen by four per cent to 1,389.70 million kg (mkg) in the year 2019, from 1,338.63 mkg in 2018.
The increased production comes at a time when the industry has been stirring 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 organised sector do.
This increase in production is mostly from small growers. Good quality teas will continue to fetch good price and poor quality tea can exert pressure on costs. Unless there is a sizeable increase in prices, the industry will be under pressure this year.
The 2019 data available on the Tea Board website, shows that production of North India tea gardens was up by over 5 per cent to 1,170.66 mkg as against 1,113.76 mkg in 2018. The production by small tea growers in North India was up by over 7 per cent to 578.15 mkg (538.30 mkg), while that by big growers increased by close to 3 per cent to 592.51 mkg (575.46 mkg).
to promoting tea as a beverage and also the concept of tea tourism among the millennials, Tea Board of India has teamed up with a popular Bengali youtube channel – Foodka – which is spearheaded by RJ Mir and a renowned food blogger Indrajit Lahiri.
Foodka and Tea Board will bring out a series with five episodes dedicated to an array of Darjeeling Tea and also the tourism circuit of the North Bengal region.