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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 : 0.83357525

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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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 : 8.042169

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

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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 ...

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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.

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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.

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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

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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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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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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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A higher demand prevails for Sri Lanka tea in Russia. Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe has said that tea export activities will be further expanded. The Minister expressed these views when he met with representatives of large scale tea distributors in Russia. Three million kilograms of tea

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Production of tea and the export of the commodity have registered new record levels. Director General of the Sri Lanka Tea Board H.D. Hemaratne said the highest tea production in the past few years was recorded in 2010. 315 million kilogrammes of tea were produced during the year. The Tea Board

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The Plantations Company has said that there was a high demand for Sri Lankan tea at this month’s auction. The total stock exchanged in the market was 6.1 million kilograms. There was a maximum price for the BOP variety. At the beginning it increased between 10 and 20 rupees, and according to the company, prices ...

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Colombo, Dec 21 (PTI) Sri Lanka's tea output in the first 11 months of this year crossed 300 million kilos though production fell marginally during the month of November, the official Ceylon Tea Board said today.

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Sri Lanka’s tea industry is set to achieve 3 records during this year. According to a leading Tea Broker, the local tea industry will achieve the highest production levels, the highest export earnings and also the highest “net sale average” during this year 2010. Earnings from the export of tea are expected to reach 1.5 ...

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