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Reuters: Sri Lanka now expects 2012 tea production of around 325 million kg, below its target of 330 million kg, as output has fallen in the last five months due to drought, the State-run Tea Board said. Tea production in the first half of the year fell 4.3 per cent year-on-year to 163.26 million kg ...
- JANUARY TEA OUTPUT INCREASES (Category: Breaking News)
- Kenya tea exports up 10% in first quarter (Category: Business)
- January tea output up 6% (Category: Business)
- July tea output down 11.5% (Category: Business)
Ballooning trade gap Even with the multitude of measures taken to curb imports, Sri Lanka's cumulative trade deficit widened to nearly US$ 1.7 billion in the first two months of the year with earnings from exports increasing marginally by 3.3 per cent to US$ 1.8 billion whilst import expenditure shooting by 24.7 per cent to ...
- Hub is no hoodoo, says TEA (Category: Business)
- Marketing 3.0 and Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- ‘Pure Ceylon Tea’ or ‘tea hub’? The billion dollar question (Category: Business)
- Do people prefer coffee over tea? (Category: Business)
By Cheranka Mendis The volatility in Middle Eastern markets, coupled with the increasing issue of low quality due to competition and increasing costs, has placed the local tea industry in a big fix, which could, if unattended, immediately mark the end of a Sri Lankan legacy in four to five years. Despite Sri Lankan tea ...
- Tackling tea travails (Category: Business)
- Planters’ Association Chief says turbulent times for tea (Category: Business)
- Sector report (Category: Business)
- Tea Industry Divided Over Importing Tea For Blending (Category: Breaking News)
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
- No change in Sri Lanka's tea exports to Iran (Category: Breaking News)
- No change in Sri Lanka's tea exports to Iran despite US exemption (Category: Breaking News)
- Crisis in the Middle East jolts tea industry – Minister (Category: Business)
- Feb. tea output slips marginally (Category: Business)
MJF Group Director Operations Malik J. Fernando has called for a Master Plan for the plantation sector. In a press statement issued this week, Fernando says an industry-wide Master Plan is required for Sri Lanka’s 150-year-old plantation industry to realign itself with internal and external changes and to remain competitive. “We need to develop a ...
- Tackling tea travails (Category: Business)
- Local tea industry in a fix (Category: Business)
- Tea tales (Category: Business)
- Government happy with plantation, more support projects on the way (Category: Business)
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