Tea Board ready to buy; brokers wary
By Charumini de Silva
In a bid to stabilise sagging tea prices, the Sri Lanka Tea Board will commence buying premium quality tea from the Colombo Tea Auction within the next two weeks, a senior official said.
The decision was taken as a result of the discussion the tea industry stakeholders had with Premier Ranil Wickremesinghe last week in order to stabilise prices and uplift small-time growers who are struggling to survive.