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By Elmo Leonard Sri Lanka’s mid-February dual hike of diesel by 37 percent and electricity for industry by 15 percent sent shock waves through the gamut of the island’s tea industry. As Sri Lanka celebrates 145 years of commercial tea plantations this year, the government’s boast is that the industry sustains 2 million of its population, directly and indirectly. The brag was echoed by Minister of ...

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Thousands of jobs at risk By Indika Sri Aravinda The  tea industry, the country’s second largest net foreign exchange earner is facing a potential crisis as a result of the economic sanctions imposed on Iran by the US government, the Sri Lanka Tea Board said. Tea Board Chairperson Janaki Kuruppu

- colombopage.com - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 1.1132073

Jan 27, Colombo: Sri Lanka tea industry sources say that the prevailing severe drought has affected the tea cultivation and production.

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COLOMBO, 20 January (IRIN) - Tea in Sri Lanka is one of the country's biggest cash crops, but families working on tea estates are among the nation's poorest in terms of earnings as well as nutrition, say experts who back regional approaches to tackle nutrition disparity.

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Lanka Tea Research Institute ...

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A new machine has been introduced for efficient plucking of tea leaves.  The industry is facing many problems due to the shortage of skilled labour.  The Tea Research Institute has been able to find a solution for this problem through new technology. Senior Research Officer of the Sri Lanka Tea

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Sri Lanka’s value added tea export has increased by 58% during the first nine months of the year. The country’s value added tea export percentage was averaging around 30% during the past few years. The Sri Lanka Tea Board said its intention was to increase the exports of value added tea

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- colombopage.com - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 0.8349055

Nov 18, Colombo: For a seventh consecutive month Sri Lanka's year-on-year tea output dropped by 15 percent in October, the figures released by the Sri Lanka Tea Board Friday showed.

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Oct 19, Colombo: For a sixth consecutive month Sri Lanka's year-on-year tea output dropped over 10 percent in September, the figures released by the Sri Lanka Tea Board Wednesday showed.

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- news360.lk - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 0.25446665

A Tea broker says Sri Lanka’s agricultural production and hydro power generation will be badly affected if the prevailing dry weather conditions continue. John Keells Tea Brokers in its weekly tea report says, according to the Meteorology department the inter-monsoonal rains may be delayed, and the forecast suggest very little signs of heavy rainfall at least ...

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Bad weather is hitting the production of tea in Sri Lanka, one of the island's most crucial industries.

- bbc.co.uk - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 8.038786

Sri Lanka tea production from the highest hilly locations, and from medium altitudes, declined sharply in August.

- itnnews.lk - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 0.28789616

President Rajapaksa who is attending the 66th session of the UN General Assembly has held talks with several world leaders. The progress achieved by Sri Lanka since the elimination of terrorism from the island earned plaudits of the world leaders. The President yesterday had bilateral discussions with leaders of Slovenia, Kyrgyzstan and Nigeria. The President ...

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Sept 11, Colombo: Eleven out of 21 major tea plantation companies of Sri Lanka have reportedly incurring heavy losses for a number of years.

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Aug 24, Colombo: Plantation Minister of Sri Lanka Mahinda Samarasinghe says that the current crisis in the Middle East has an adverse impact on the country's tea industry.

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Sri Lankan and Kazakhstan President’s have discussed further expanding trade ties between the two countries. President Rajapaksa and Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev held bilateral discussions at the Special Official residence for State Leaders in Saint Petersburg in Russia. Agreement was reached to develop trade ties in many fields. Kazakhstan already purchases a large amount of ...

- news.lk - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 6.0290895

Demand for Sri Lanka tea is expected to increase by 10 percent in 2011.An official of the Sri Lanka Tea Board said that a boom in world tea exports continue, with a 10 percent increase in volume fuelled by the world economic recovery.

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Sri Lanka Tea Council’s (SLTC) new Chairman Merrill J Fernando yesterday implored the government and all industry stakeholders to formulate a 10- year sustainable plan to take the world famous Ceylon Tea to its pristine glory.

- news.lk - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 7.0339375

Tea sold at the Colombo Tea Auction during the 1st quarter of this year has recorded the highest ever national average, thus reaching a price of 393 rupees and 90 cents per kilogram. Previous best price stood at 382 rupees and 90 cents.

- thesundayleader.lk - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 0.25446665

Tea export earnings increased by 16.1% to US$ 1,375 million last year due to both increased volumes and high prices. Ceylon tea continued to fetch the highest prices in the major auction centres of the world last year mainly due to the fine quality of Ceylon tea and the high international demand for orthodox tea. ...

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The Sri Lanka Tea Exporters' Association handed over 03 million bags of tea worth US$ 60,000 to President Mahinda Rajapaksa today (21) to be sent to  tsunami-stricken  Japan.

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The Sri Lanka Tea Exporters' Association handed over 03 million bags of tea worth US$ 60,000 to President Mahinda Rajapaksa today (21) to be sent to  tsunami-stricken  Japan.

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Sri Lanka will dispatch three million packets of tea for the affected people in Japan.   The stock of tea is worth 60,000 US dollars. It was donated by the Sri Lanka Tea Exporters Association. Several packs were presented to the President today at the Temple Trees to symbolize the occasion

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Sri Lanka will dispatch three million packets of tea for the affected people in Japan.   The stock of tea is worth 60,000 US dollars. It was donated by the Sri Lanka Tea Exporters Association. Several packs were presented to the President today at the Temple Trees to symbolize the occasion

- colombopage.com - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 0.8349055

Mar 21, Colombo: The Sri Lanka Tea Exporters' Association handed over 3 million tea bags worth US$ 60,000 to President Mahinda Rajapaksa today (21) to be sent to the tsunami-stricken people of Japan.

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Mar 21, Colombo: The Sri Lanka Tea Exporters' Association handed over 3 million tea bags worth US$ 60,000 to President Mahinda Rajapaksa today (21) to be sent to the tsunami-stricken people of Japan.

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The demand for Sri Lanka tea in the world market has increased. The Minister of Plantation Industries says that there is a special demand for local tea in Russia. Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe pointed out that it was only in 2010 that Sri Lanka had exported the largest quantity of tea. He claimed that he highest ...

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- colombopage.com - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 6.0290895

Jan 22, Colombo: Sri Lanka's tea production has risen 13.1 percent this year over last year's output to hit a record high in 2010, statistics from the Sri Lanka Tea Board showed.

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Sri Lanka, one of the world's biggest producers of black tea, reported Saturday that output hit a record high in 2010, helped by good weather.

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