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The global black tea production is continuing to post a rising trend despite a decline in India. But the increase is only marginal on account of the sharp fall in India’s output.
“Our compilation of the data received from various producing countries shows the global black tea output so far this year has risen to 879.24 million kg (mkg) from 873.85 mkg in the same months of 2017. This increase of 5.39 mkg marked a marginal growth of 0.62 per cent”, Rajesh Gupta, compiler of annual ‘Global Tea Digest’, told BusinessLine.
The biggest increase of 30.09 mkg has happened in Kenya where the production has risen to 231 mkg from 200.91 mkg. Sri Lanka’s output increased by 2.10 mkg to reach 157.59 mkg, while that of Malawi’s rose by 2.90 mkg to touch 32.20 mkg.
“India’s production has dropped to 432.46 mkg from 453.23 mkg. This fall of 20.77 mkg marked a decline of 4.58 per cent. Production has fallen in both North and South India,” Rajesh Gupta said.
Uganda lost 8.10 mkg to fall to 6.60 mkg from 14.70 mkg. Bangladesh also posted a marginal loss.
However, the losses in these countries were inadequate to completely offset the gain in Kenya and Sri Lanka.
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