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The unseasonal rains have helped higher harvest of tea in the Nilgiris, the highest tea producing district in South India.
“The supply of green leaf to factories for processing has increased. Tea factories are now working round-the-clock. Accordingly, production of black tea has risen,” Ramesh Bhojarajan, President, Nilgiris Small Tea Growers’ Association, told BusinessLine.
Tea companies have informed Tea Board that they produced 1.51 million kg (mkg) last month against 1.07 mkg in May 2014, marking 41.12 per cent growth. The five-year average for May was 1.37 mkg.
Till May, tea companies have reported 6.35 mkg production against 5.63 mkg in the same period of 2014, marking 12.79 per cent growth.
This was 10.63 per cent higher than the five-year average production of 5.74 mkg for the period.
Production is also on the rise this month. However, given the prediction of a less than normal monsoon, tea companies have projected a lower output between July and September compared to last year and an average production between October and December.
Consequently, tea companies have informed Tea Board that the overall production this year will be around 14.5 mkg – almost the same level of 14.7 mkg of last year. The five-year average production is 14.2 mkg.
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