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Sri Lanka tea exports up 4.2-pct in May 2023

In 2023 so far, the country has exported around 91 million kilos.

June 22, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka rupee depreciation drives Ceylon Tea prices up

In the weakening of rupee tea prices and buyers making purchases only for immediate shipments.

June 18, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka High Grown Tea prices down at weekly auction

The weekly sale average grew 3.98 rupees to 957.14 rupees from 953.16 rupees

June 11, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka Ceylon Tea prices down at weekly auction

The weekly sale average fell by 86.93 rupees to 980.64 rupees from 1067.57 rupees

May 29, 2023 2 min read
Sri Lanka President announces record wage hike for privatized plantation workers

Plantation workers have been protesting for higher wages since 2018

Sri Lanka to pay Rs 5 Bn in pending EPF, ETF to state plantation workers

"A cabinet paper will be submitted this Monday to pay this entire amount by the government this year," he said.

Sri Lanka's George Stuart & Co to buy tea exporter HVA

George Steuart & Company Limited said it is buying a 51 percent stake in HVA Foods Plc, an exporter that produced instan...

December 2, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Ceylon tea prices dip as Russian winter buying slows

Sri Lanka tea prices has eased after a dip in the moment of Russian winter buying which helped buoy prices in recent wee...

November 14, 2020 4 min read

Sri Lanka tea sector face labour issues as Coronavirus bites

Sri Lanka tea sector including buyers who process and pack tea for export as well as some factories within isolated area...

Tania Madies
November 9, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka tea production recovers in September

Sri Lanka has produce 21.91 million kilograms in September 2020, flat from 21.91 million kilograms last year, though pro...

October 26, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka tea exporter cashflows hit by payment delays from Coronavirus pandemic

Finances of Sri Lanka's tea exporters have been hit by delayed payments from international buyers due to a Coronavirus p...

Tania Madies
September 29, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Ceylon Tea prices may get boost from Russian winter buying

Sri Lanka tea prices mixed as industry expects Russia winter buying to slightly boost the market, with the cheaper High ...

September 27, 2020 4 min read

Sri Lanka tea production down 14-pct in August

Sri Lanka's tea production had fallen 14 percent from a year ago to 22.42 million kilograms in August 2020 from 26.2 mil...

September 25, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka low grown Ceylon teas pick up

Sri Lanka's high priced Low Grown teas prices picked in the first auction of September, while cheaper high grown teas to...

September 14, 2020 4 min read

Ceylon tea prices ease in September first week

ri Lanka tea prices eased with only a few high and medium grown teas seeing gains in the first auction for September, br...

September 5, 2020 3 min read

Sri Lanka low grown teas ease, some high growns up

Sri Lanka's Low Growns, the most expensive teas produced by the island eased at the last auction in August while the che...

August 31, 2020 3 min read
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Sri Lanka high grown teas see pick up

Sri Lanka's High Grown teas, the cheapest teas in the island, saw a slight pick up in the first sale in August amid fair...

August 17, 2020 3 min read

Sri Lanka tea buyers led by Iraq, Turkey, Russia in 2020 first half

Sri Lanka produced 129.04 million tonnes of tea in the first half of 2020 down 18.76 percent from a year earlier, and ex...

July 29, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka tea pick up at auction mid-July

Sri Lanka tea prices picked up marginally in the third week of July with good quality lines of teas fetching better pric...

July 19, 2020 3 min read

Sri Lanka low grown teas see pick up

Sri Lanka tea prices pick up marginally in the second week of July, helped by stronger demand low grown grades, after a ...

July 11, 2020 4 min read

Sri Lanka tea demand in the Coronavirus era, the China factor and anti-viral claims

Coronavirus is buffeting the short term demand for Sri Lanka's Ceylon Tea with fears of second waves coming in while med...

Tania Madies
June 23, 2020 5 min read

Sri Lanka suspends export tax on tea for 6-months

Sri Lanka has suspended an export tax on tea for six months to help the tea sector as it recovers from a Coronavirus cri...

June 18, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka tea prices settle from Coronavirus driven highs

Sri Lanka's tea prices have fallen from Coronavirus driven highs seen in April and May as supply improved, and the rupee...

Tania Madies
June 15, 2020 4 min read

Sri Lanka should sell more to Asia in a post-COVID 19 scenario – Pathfinder Foundation

The Pathfinder Foundation, a think tank advising the government, wants Sri Lanka to sell more to Asia which it calls the...

June 12, 2020 3 min read

Sri Lanka tea prices ease lower, low growns drive May average to all time high

Sri Lanka's tea prices continued ease lower across grades and elevations in the first auction in June, but May national ...

Tania Madies
June 7, 2020 3 min read

Sri Lanka tea prices ease down in May

Sri Lanka's tea prices continued to ease at auction from April high in the second auction in May though ex-estate tea pr...

May 25, 2020 3 min read