Monday, February 4, 2008

India's 2008 Tea Output Seen Rising 4.8 pc

MUMBAI: India's tea production in 2008 is expected to rise 4.79 per cent to 985 million kg on higher acreage, a senior Tea Board official said on Monday.

Tea output in the country saw a fall of 1.67 per cent in 2007 to 940 million kg as drought and excessive rains damaged plantations in the eastern states, Gangan Boriah, director of tea development, Tea Board, said.

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