Adverse weather in many producing countries is taking a toll on black tea output.“Our compilation of the latest official data from different countries shows that the world black tea production so far this year has fallen to 104.01 million kg (mkg) from 127.75 mkg in the same period of 2016,” Rajesh Gupta, compiler of the annual Global Tea Digest , told Business Line . This shortfall of 23.74 mkg marked a fall of 18.59 per cent.

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