Tea output up 3.6% in January

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Reuters: Sri Lanka’s January tea production edged up 3.6% from a year ago, data from the State-run Tea Board showed on Monday, helped by improved weather.



Production in 2012 edged down 0.4% from year ago due to adverse weather conditions.

Tea is one of the country’s main foreign currency earners.

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