Tea crop down 10.6% in November

Sri Lanka has recorded a lower tea crop for November compared to the corresponding month last year following adverse weather conditions experienced last month across all plantation districts.

“Only 24.7 Mkgs have been harvested in November 2017 which represents a decline of 10.60% over November 2016,” said Lanka Commodity Brokers.

It said all three elevations were subject to poor growing conditions as a result of freak weather resulting in tea factories running under capacity during the entire month. 

The cumulative production for January/November this year is 283.3 Mkgs which is a year-on-year increase of 17.9 Mkgs (6.78%). This increase however cannot be taken too seriously as 2016 is known to have been a very poor year for tea production.