Tea production witnessed a 12.06% surge in October this year, reaching 182.84 million kg, marking a significant increase from the 163.15 million kg recorded in the corresponding month last year.
Based on Tea Board data, West Bengal observed a rise in tea production to 54.98 million kg in October, compared to 49.75 million kg during the corresponding period in 2022. In Assam, the nation’s leading tea-producing state, the October crop also increased to 104.26 million kg, surpassing the 90.72 million kg recorded in October 2022, according to the provided data.
In the southern region of India, tea production slightly decreased to 18.89 million kg in October 2023, compared to 18.92 million kg in the corresponding month of the previous calendar year. Breaking down the categories, the CTC variety recorded a production of 167.72 million kg in October 2023, while the orthodox tea production totaled 12.98 million kg across both the northern and southern regions of India.
The data reported a green tea production of 2.14 million kg. In October 2023, the production by small tea growers (STGs) increased to 95.24 million kg nationwide, up from 78.19 million kg in the corresponding month of 2022.
