Tea production rises 5.8 percent in Sri Lanka in May 2021

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka had produced 30.38 million kg of tea in May 2021, up 5.8 percent or 1.77 million higher from 28.60 million kg a year earlier, industry data cited by Economy Next showed.

Sri Lanka produced a total of 30.1 million kilos of black tea, up by 1.6 million kg from a year ago year while total green tea grew 0.2 million kg to 0.1 million in May 2020.

In the five months to May 2021 Sri Lanka had produced 134.72 million kg up 30.6 percent from 103.11 million kg a year earlier, data from Ceylon Tea Brokers cited by Economy Next showed.

Tea production fell sharply in March and April 2020, due to coronavirus lockdowns.

Total orthodox production for May 2021 was 27.4 million kg up from 26 million kg a year earlier.

Total CTC production in May rose to 2.76 million kgup from 2.41 million kg a year ago.

High Grown production gained 0.39 million kg to 7.2 million while Medium Growns production fell 0.06 million kg from a year ago to 6.0 million kilograms. Low Growns showed an increase of one million kilograms in May to 17.2 million kg.

Low Growns made up 56.9 percent of the total in May while High Growns made up 23.6 percent and Mid Growns made up 15.5 percent.