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It is now official. The Tea Board’s final production data shows that in 2014, India continued its recent tradition of posting record tea production year after year.
Until now, we had recorded the country’s production in calendar 2014 at 1.185 billion kg (bkg) – lower than 2013’s level of 1.2 bkg. Now, the Board has revised its estimates between April and December 2014. Accordingly, the revised production of 1.207 bkg is now marginally higher than 2013.
Tea production crossed the 1 bkg mark for the first time in 2011 when production soared to 1.12 bkg. Production rose further to 1.2 bkg in 2013.
North Indian production in 2014 rose to 965.20 million kg (mkg) from 958.62 mkg (up one per cent). Assam continued to top India’s production table at 610.97 mkg although it lost two per cent over 2013 production of 621.87 mkg. West Bengal came second in production table with 329.46 mkg – up five per cent. Here, Darjeeling, hailed as the champagne of teas, lost seven per cent to produce 8.51 mkg.
South Indian production marginally rose to 242.11 mkg from 241.79 mkg. Here, Tamil Nadu lost two per cent with production falling to 169.79 mkg. Kerala produced four per cent more to reach 65.58 mkg from 62.84 mkg.
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