Thursday, May 27, 2021

Tea production increases in April

Sri Lanka tea production for the month of April 2021 totalled 29.58 M/kgs, showing an increase of 8.76 M/kgs vis-à-vis 20.82 M/kgs of April 2020. All elevations have shown substantial gains, with High and Medium Growns in particular gaining 63% and 76% respectively over the corresponding month of 2020.

The January-April 2021 cumulative production totalled 104.09 M/kgs, recording a gain of 29.59 M/kgs vis-à-vis 74.50 M/kgs of January-April 2020. On a cumulative basis also, all elevations have shown substantial gains, with the Low Growns in particular gaining 43% over the corresponding period of 2020.

The cumulative production of CTC teas (January-April 2021) totalled 9.19 M/kgs, recording a 2.17 M/kgs increase vis-à-vis 7.02 M/kgs of January-April 2020. Here Again, when analysing the respective elevations, all elevations have shown a significant gain YoY when compared to the corresponding period of 2020.

( Courtesy Forbes & Walker Tea Brokers)

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