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Wed Jul 12 03:35:05 EDT 2017 - ft.lk - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 0.7054225

By T.S.A. De Silva What is the impact of bureaucracy on Foreign Direct Investment? In an article in the Sunday Times on 11 June titled ‘Killer bureaucracy impedes tea exports,’ the Chairman of the Sri Lanka Tea Board (SLTB) was quoted saying: “Red

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Impact of bureaucracy on FDI

Wed Jul 12 03:33:05 EDT 2017 - ft.lk - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 0.7054225

Thu Jul 06 00:30:01 EDT 2017 - LBO.com - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 6.30058

July 06, 2017 (LBO) – Sri Lanka tea prices at the June 2017 auctions showed gains in high, medium and low growns, a new report said. “Auction average for the month of June 2017 totalled Rs597.61 vis-à-vis Rs.433.23 of June 2016 showing a significant gain of Rs.164.38,” Forbes

Mon Jun 26 05:21:39 EDT 2017 - adaderana.lk - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 6.30058

Tea farmers in Sri Lanka are struggling to make ends meet after their land was destroyed by heavy floods and mudslides last month. .

Tea Board expects decline in tea output due to floods

Wed Jun 07 11:35:35 EDT 2017 - dailymirror.lk - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 0.98759156

The Sri Lanka Tea Board (SLTB) today said it is expecting a decline in tea production in the coming months due to the recent floods that affected the tea growing districts of the country.

Wed Jun 07 03:13:35 EDT 2017 - adaderana.lk - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 0.98759156

Jayantha Edirisingha, Commissioner of the Sri Lanka Tea board stated that the tea industry in Sri Lanka has suffered from a Rs.600 million loss due to the floods. .

Fri Jun 02 00:28:32 EDT 2017 - LBO.com - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 6.30058

Jun 02, 2017 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s tea production is likely to be further impacted as the country experienced its worst disaster from torrential rain since 2003 last week, a report said. “The worst affected is the Southern and Sabaragamuwa provinces,” Forbes and Walker Tea Brokers said. “Needless to say, the current scenario would adversely […]

Thu May 25 04:49:42 EDT 2017 - LBO.com - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 6.30058

May 25, 2017 (LBO) – Sri Lankan’s tea exports fell to 20.1 million kilos in April 2017, a nine percent dip from a year ago, but revenue was up, Forbes and Walker Tea Brokers said. “Tea Exports for the month of April 2017 totaled 20.1M/kgs vis-à-vis 22.1M/kgs of April 2016 thus showing a decrease of […]

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Ceylon Tea Faces Challenges In Russia

Sat Mar 18 15:31:38 EDT 2017 - thesundayleader.lk - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 0.1613645

by Lakshman Wijesinghe Although Ceylon Tea is highly recognized in Russia, Lankan tea exports to word giant faces challenges emphasizes the Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the Russian Federation – Dr. Saman Weerasinghe. The name ‘Pure Ceylon tea’ is a well-known name for the Russian consumers and there is big segment of loyal Ceylon Tea ...

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Tea production drops in January

Mon Feb 20 23:07:41 EST 2017 - hirunews.lk - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 0.98759156

Tea production in January this year has fallen by 15.3 per cent. Sri Lanka Tea Board said that bad weather, shortcomings in fertilizing and bans imposed by the state on weedicides has affected the harvest. Read More

Tue Jan 24 23:06:35 EST 2017 - hirunews.lk - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 0.8465071

Tea Small Holdings Development Authority has implemented a wide scale programme to inform small scale growers on how to grow high quality tea. Sri Lanka Tea Board and Tea Development Authority are involved in the project. It was revealed that a growth... Read More

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Plantation In Limbo

Sat Jan 14 14:29:52 EST 2017 - thesundayleader.lk - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 0.107576326

Sri Lanka’s Tea Production Outlook Negative For 2017 by Dinesh Isuru Adverse weather patterns, delayed agricultural best practices and weedicide ban could adversely affect Sri Lanka’s plantation industry in general and tea sector in particular, warn industry experts. “Specialists suggest that La Nina conditions could continue through Q1 2017 and have projected uncertainty over rain ...

Wed Jan 11 00:09:28 EST 2017 - LBO.com - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 7.3506765

Jan 11, 2016 (LBO) – Sri Lanka tea’s weekly Auction concluded seeing good demand with high grown tea prices recording gains and low grown teas fluctuating, a report said. “There was good demand. Prices for low grown teas tend to fluctuate whilst the prices for high and medium grown small leaf teas continued to be buoyant,” […]

Thu Jan 05 06:39:08 EST 2017 - LBO.com - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 6.30058

Jan 05, 2017 (LBO) – Sri Lanka tea’s first Auction of the year concluded seeing good demand with high grown tea prices recording gains and low grown teas fluctuating, a report said. “Prices for low grown teas tend to fluctuate whilst High and Mid Grown small leaf teas

Thu Dec 22 04:00:40 EST 2016 - LBO.com - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 7.3506765

Dec 22, 2016 (LBO) – Tea production for the month of November totaled 27.3M/kgs, a gain of 2M/kgs against 25.29M/kgs of November 2015, Forbes & Walker Tea Brokers said in a report. “There was good demand all around,” the report said. ‘Ex-Estate offerings totalled a 0.9M/kgs vis-à-vis 0.7M/kgs the previous week. Overall quality of Western’s […]

Wed Dec 07 01:25:31 EST 2016 - LBO.com - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 6.30058

Dec 07, 2016 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s tea auction average for the month of November showed gains with prices up 168.82 rupees to 581.33 rupees against 412.51 rupees in the period last year. “It is also noteworthy that this is the highest ever average for a calendar month improving on the previous best achieved during the […]

Wed Dec 07 00:34:31 EST 2016 - hirunews.lk - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 0.7054225

The Sri Lanka Tea Board and the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Riyadh joined hands with the private sector tea trade in Sri Lanka to promote ‘Pure Ceylon Tea’ in the largest Gulf market of Saudi Arabia. While a half-day session was organized for... Read More

Wed Dec 07 00:18:32 EST 2016 - LBO.com - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 0.7054225

Thu Nov 03 23:26:09 EDT 2016 - LBO.com - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 5.250483

Nov 04, 2016 (LBO) – Sri Lankan tea prices at the Colombo auctions were at an new monthly high in October 2016 as volumes fell but demand picked up. “Auction averages reached record levels in the backdrop of a sharp decline in availability,” Forbes & Walker Tea brokers said in their October report. “Auction average […]

Tea harvest in the low-country is stabilizing

Wed Oct 26 00:06:29 EDT 2016 - hirunews.lk - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 0.98759156

Low-country tea harvest is stabilizing, Sri Lanka Tea Board said. The harvest dropped by 40 per cent due to the dry climatic conditions that were prevailing in the country. Read More

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Tea production drops

Sun Oct 23 23:49:56 EDT 2016 - hirunews.lk - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 0.8465071

Tea production has dropped following the strike launched by estate workers demanding their daily wage to be increased up to Rs. 1000. According to the Sri Lanka Tea Board tea production in September dropped by 27 per cent from previous year’s to... Read More

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Better demand for SL tea

Fri Sep 16 04:32:39 EDT 2016 - hirunews.lk - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 0.8465071

Sri Lanka tea had better demand during auction offerings this week. This time 5.5 million kilos of tea were put up on auction. Countries from Russia’s Commonwealth bought the tea, while there was a high demand from Japan. Read More

Thu Sep 15 04:30:24 EDT 2016 - LBO.com - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 6.30058

Sep 15, 2016 (LBO) – Sri Lankan tea overall saw fair demand at this week’s Colombo auctions with demand improving towards end of day, brokers said. “Low Growns totalling 2.7M/Kgs in Leafy/Tippy catalogues met with good demand,” Forbes and Walker Tea Brokers said in a report. “In the Leafy catalogue OP/OPA’ s gained Rs.10-15/- per […]

Mon Aug 29 16:36:44 EDT 2016 - ft.lk - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 0.7054225

All stakeholders of the tea industry yesterday expressed their unmitigated and resolute opposition to the intention, as reported in the media, of the Ministry of Finance to appropriate the funds accumulated by the Sri Lanka Tea Board which had been collected from the industry for global tea

Fri Aug 19 05:29:46 EDT 2016 - hirunews.lk - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 0.8465071

Plantation Minister Naveen Dissanayake says that he would resign from his portfolio if the Sri Lanka Tea Board and the Tea Cess Fund are taken over by the ministry of Finance. Following the opening of the Mihidum Tea Factory in Porawa-gama in Elpitiya,... Read More

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Navin threatens to resign

Thu Aug 18 09:05:58 EDT 2016 - dailymirror.lk - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 0.8465071

Plantation Industries Minister Naveen Dissanayake today threatened to resign from his ministerial portfolio if the Finance Ministry tried to take a sum of US 60 million dollars belonging to the Sri Lanka Tea Board, which falls under his Ministry.

Sri Lanka tea output dips 14.3-pct in June, Will miss full year target: Tea Board

Wed Jul 27 22:33:45 EDT 2016 - LBO.com - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 4.2003865

COLOMBO, July 27 (Reuters) -Sri Lanka’s tea output in June fell 14.3 percent from a year earlier because of heavy rain the previous month, a media report said. Production in the first six months has fallen by 11.1 percent , a Reuters report said. “There was heavy rain in May and that is the main reason for […]

A special raid to catch dust tea sellers

Mon Jul 18 02:22:03 EDT 2016 - hirunews.lk - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 0.8465071

Sri Lanka Tea Board has initiated a special programme to provide high quality tea to consumers. It will also tackle the sale of dust tea. According to a source the board has received a large number of complaints with regard to the sale of dust tea. A... Read More

Sat Jul 16 17:28:10 EDT 2016 - thesundayleader.lk - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 0.09412929

by Ifham Nizam Plantation Industries Minister Navin Dissanayake believes that Sri Lanka has the competence and the credibility with local personnel to carry out any investigation. He says that the objective of the government is to get to the truth and not to suppress things like the earlier government. In an interview with The Sunday ...

Thu Jul 14 05:53:23 EDT 2016 - LBO.com - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 7.3506765

Jul 14, 2016 (LBO) – Sri Lankan tea prices rose at this week’s Colombo auction with some prices up by 20-30 rupees, Forbes & Walker Tea Brokers said in their latest report. “Overall quality of teas, both from the Western and Eastern planting districts showed an improvement and consequently recorded a price appreciation of Rs. 20/- […]

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