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March tea production data for Malawi and Indonesia have come out and both show a loss of one million kg (mkg) compared to March 2012.
Malawi’s output dropped to 6.60 mkg from 7.60 mkg and Indonesia’s to 4.70 mkg from 5.70 mkg.
Collectively, in the first quarter of current calendar, Malawi’s output has fallen by 3.60 mkg to dip to 17.70 mkg. Indonesia has lost 2 mkg to total 13.70 mkg.
“According to our compilation, global black tea production so far this calendar has risen by 28.19 mkg to total 205 mkg,” Rajesh Gupta, Publisher of annual Global Tea Digest, told Business Line.
This marks a growth of 15.94 per cent.
This has happened because of a massive recovery in crop in Kenya. Last year, Kenya had lost 8.35 mkg over 2011 due to adverse weather. So far this calendar, Kenya’s output has increased by 29.27 mkg over the corresponding period of 2012 and reached 83.89 mkg.
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