Tea Exporters

Signs deal with Dhunseri group for the last four estates it currently owns

Existing notification bars blending imported tea with GI-tagged Indian varieties; Sources said commerce ministry left it to the Board to take a reasoned call on modification

Sri Lanka accounts for half the global trade in orthodox teas. Sources say exports from India could pick up further in second and third quarters, will help meet target of 240 mkg by year-end

A notification banning blends of imported tea in GI-tagged teas has almost pushed Tata Consumer Products, the biggest buyer, out of the market

A top educational body in Pakistan has proposed a novel idea to boost employment and reduce the expenditure on tea imports: promote the consumption of local drinks such as lassi and sattu.

India - which has just stepped into the quality period for orthodox - is reaping the benefits of the anticipated shortfall

Taiwan and Iran have rejected three containers of tea sent from India due to phytosanitary issues and presence of pesticides beyond permissible limits

Island nation largest orthodox tea supplier, exporting over 95% of its production, according to ICRA report

Russia accounts for 18 per cent of the industry's exports and the consequences of the conflict are making themselves felt already

Scanty rainfall, last year's lockdown, growing competition from Nepal and the disaster of the 2017 Gorkhaland agitation are steadily weakening exports and sales of Darjeeling tea

Usually, during May-July, tea companies need a higher cash flow to ready the bushes for the second flush. This harvest is the most important in Assam and the second-most important in West Bengal

The tea industry, hit by rising costs, falling prices and political unrest in the North Bengal plantations, is especially vulnerable to the Covid-19 lockdown

Exports under pressure as major buyers battle Covid-19

Tea Board of India has called an urgent exporters' meet this week to discuss means of staving off expected fall in exports due to coronavirus outbreak

Exports of whole-leaf tea to Iran increased by around 74 per cent at 53.45 mkg while in Germany, it stagnated at 10 mkg

What happens if the US refuses to exempt Chabahar port from sanctions, said an exporter

Iran is India's largest importer of tea in value terms while in terms of volume, it is the second largest after Russia