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Helped by Kenya, the global black tea production in the first two months of current calendar has increased by 19.31 per cent over the same period of last year. “Global black tea output has increased to 188.66 million kg (mkg) till February, the latest period for which official data is available, from 158.13 mkg in the same months of 2015. This increase of 30.53 mkg marks a growth of 19.31 per cent”, Rajesh Gupta, compiler of annual Global Tea Digest told BusinessLine .
Kenya topped the production table at 94.28 mkg. This was the highest increase in production in any country so far this calendar. The next highest increase of 5.62 mkg was in Malawi where production rose to 11.40 mkg. India recorded a loss of 2.65 mkg to reach 34.89 mkg. Sri Lanka lost a marginal 0.74 mkg to produce 47.98 mkg.
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