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Rupee appreciation and higher volumes drags down tea prices

All average tea prices fell and the weekly sale average was down by 65.40 rupees to 1067.57 rupees from 1132.97 rupees

May 21, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka high, mid and low grown tea prices ease at weekly auction

Sri Lanka’s Ceylon tea prices continued to fell 50-150 rupees per kilogram at an auction on May 10

May 14, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka Ceylon Tea prices down as rupee appreciates further

Sri Lanka’s Ceylon tea prices fell 50-150 rupees per kilogram at an auction on May 3

May 7, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka tea prices fall at weekly auction

ri Lanka’s Ceylon tea prices were down 50-100 rupees per kilogram at an auction on April 26, amidst good demand.

April 30, 2023 2 min read
Sri Lanka’s Ceylon tea exports increase in March

Total quantity of tea exported including re-exports with imported tea amounted to 21.25 million kilos.

Sri Lanka's Ceylon tea prices fall for third week

US dollar prices also fell in the previous week

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
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Sri Lanka tea prices dip in first May auction

Sri Lanka’s high grown Ceylon teas saw dips in price in the first week of May amid quality drops lower foreign demand ...

Tania Madies
May 13, 2020 3 min read

Sri Lanka's Sunshine Holdings boosts stake in tea marketing firm

Sri Lanka's Sunshine Holdings has boosted its stake in a branded tea company and trimmed the group interest in oil palm ...

May 12, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka tea firms lose 40-pct output, working with tight Covid-19 rules

Sri Lanka commercial tea plantations which have thousands of workers per farm said they were operating with tight health...

April 17, 2020 3 min read

Sri Lanka tea prices soar amid rupee fall, tight supplies at Coronavirus e-auction

Sri Lanka's tea prices rose sharply at an auction held amid Coroanvirus curfews with a falling rupee, strong demand from...

Tania Madies
April 8, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka RPCs to pay Rs.1,000 daily wage on higher productivity, trade unions yet to agree

Sri Lanka's regional plantation companies (RPCs) have agreed to pay its labourers a 1,000 rupee daily wage, in return fo...

March 17, 2020 3 min read

Sri Lanka plantation wage hike still under discussion: minister

The decision to raise the daily wage of plantation workers to 1000 rupees per day is still under discussion, the Ministe...

February 6, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka plantation stocks battered after wage decree

Plantation stock prices in Sri Lanka were hammered following the government's decision to increase the minimum wage of e...

January 16, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka plantations could cover wage hike with economic relief package: Minister

Sri Lanka's plantations firms will be given benefits in the form of free fertilizer, tax cuts and credit support, which ...

January 15, 2020 3 min read

Kenya looks to orthodox tea as CTC prices tumble

In a humming factory in Kenya's highlands, tea is hand-plucked from the fields, cured and shredded into the fine leaves ...

Nick Perry
December 31, 2019 4 min read

Sri Lanka to give debt relief to tea factory owners

Sri Lanka's cabinet in principle has agreed to provide debt relief to tea factory owners, co-cabinet spokesperson Ramesh...

December 19, 2019 1 min read