Tea production improves

The tea crop of 29.7million kilograms recorded for November, 2013 showed a decrease of 0.8 million kilograms when compared to the crop of the corresponding month of 2012.

Production of all three elevations showed a month-on-month drop, with the largest being from the Low Growns. However, from January to November, 2013, 309 million kilograms were harvested which was a gain of 8.4 million kilograms over last year’s corresponding crop of 300 million kilograms.

All three elevation categories have shown improved production during the cumulative period last year with the largest increase of 3.6 million kilograms from Low Growns while, medium and high elevation teas have seen production gains of 2.7 million kilograms and 1.9 million kilograms. The Sri Lanka tea crop for 2013 has surpassed the previous year’s record figure of 328.3 million kilograms.