Adverse weather in many producing countries is taking a toll on black tea output.“Our compilation of the latest official data from different countries shows that the world black tea production so far this year has fallen to 104.01 million kg (mkg) from 127.75 mkg in the same period of 2016,” Rajesh Gupta, compiler of the annual Global Tea Digest , told Business Line . This shortfall of 23.74 mkg marked a fall of 18.59 per cent.
COMMENT NOW
Comments
Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. They cannot be abusive or personal. Please abide by our community guidelines for posting your comments.
We have migrated to a new commenting platform. If you are already a registered user of TheHindu Businessline and logged in, you may continue to engage with our articles. If you do not have an account please register and login to post comments. Users can access their older comments by logging into their accounts on Vuukle.