Kolkata: Tea production in the country increased by 12.06 per cent to 182.84 million kilograms in October this year as compared to 163.15 million kilograms in the corresponding month last year.
According to Tea Board data, production of the crop in West Bengal rose to 54.98 million kilograms in October, as against 49.75 million kilograms in the same period in 2022.
Assam, the country’s largest tea-producing state, also registered a higher crop at 104.26 million kilograms in October. The state produced 90.72 million kilograms of tea in October 2022, according to the data.
In south India, production was marginally lower at 18.89 million kilograms in October 2023, as against 18.92 million kg in the same month of the previous calendar year.
Category-wise, production of the CTC variety touched 167.72 million kilograms in October 2023, whereas that of orthodox tea was 12.98 million kilograms across both north and south India.
Green tea production was at 2.14 million kilograms , the data said.
Production by small tea growers (STGs) stood higher at 95.24 million kilograms in October 2023 across the country, compared to 78.19 million kilograms in the same month of 2022.
PTI