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Sri Lanka tea exports down 12.2-pct in February 2023

Higher levels of weeds discouraged pluckers from going into the bushes

March 19, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee appreciation drives Ceylon Tea prices down

Prices of all High, Medium and Low Growns saw a fall during the auction.

March 12, 2023 3 min read

Sri Lanka’s Ceylon tea prices up amid low volumes

Prices of all High, Medium and Low Growns saw an increase during the auction.

March 5, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka High and Medium Grown tea prices fall at weekly auction

The weekly sale average increased from 1428.59 rupees to 1451.35 rupees from a week ago, according to data.

February 26, 2023 2 min read
Sri Lanka tea production up 1.3-pct in 2023, exports down

Tea exports were down by 8.2 million kilos to 241.9 million in 2023

Sri Lanka tea prices down 18-pct in 2023

In US dollar terms, average tea prices fell to 3.63 a kilo, or down 9.25 percent.

Sri Lankan factories using sugar in tea face prosecution

Factories using sugar in the process of making Sri Lanka’s main agricultural export, Ceylon tea, will face prosec...

July 19, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka's global tea campaign starts Sept, social media focus

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka will start a long-delayed global campaign to promote its main agricultural export, Ceylon...

July 18, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lankan tea prices slide, buyers shift to cheaper origins

Prices of Sri Lankan tea have been sliding despite their reputation for quality, owing to increased volume and comparati...

Tania Madies
July 4, 2019 3 min read

Sri Lanka tea prices continue slide on bigger volumes, lower quality

ECONOMYNEXT- Sri Lankan tea prices are continuing a steady decline this year compared with last year, a senior industry ...

Tania Madies
June 18, 2019 1 min read

Tea prices in Sri Lanka weaker in 2019

ECONOMYNEXT- Sri Lanka’s tea prices are lower this year in the five months to May compared with last year, includ...

June 7, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka Talawakelle Tea trials revenue sharing model with estate workers

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka’s Talawakelle Tea Estates has begun trials on a new revenue sharing model with workers o...

June 4, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka Tea Board looks to double replanting subsidy

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka Tea Board is considering doubling a government subsidy for replanting tea bushes as part of effo...

Tania Madies
June 3, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka low grown tea recovery expected in 2019 despite Iran sanctions

Sri Lanka's low grown tea is expected to recover in 2018 despite sanctions on Iran, a top producer has said as a demand ...

May 26, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka tea industry unaffected by bombings, weather

ECONOMYNEXT –Production and sales of tea, Sri Lanka’s main export crop, are looking favorable this year de...

May 24, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka’s Nayapane Estate gets record price for ‘BOP Fanning Grade’ tea

ECONOMYNEXT – Nayapane estate tea factory, managed by Sri Lanka’s Aitken Spence Plantations Management, ha...

May 2, 2019 1 min read
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Sri Lanka’s TRI, Michigan State University in research agreement

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka’s Tea Research Institute (TRI) is to enter into an agreement with Michigan State Universi...

May 2, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka’s tea exports up but dollar earnings down

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s tea export shipments rose in the first two months of 2019 but earnings in US dol...

April 3, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka plantations salary supplement from cess fund: Finance Minister

A salary supplement for plantations workers will come from an industry cess fund, Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera s...

March 14, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka’s January tea export shipments up 13-pct

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s tea exports in January 2019 rose almost 13 percent or by 2.7 million kilos to 23...

February 21, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka targets 315mn kg tea production for 2019

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka is aiming to produce 315 million kilos of tea in 2019, up five percent from last year, Mi...

February 20, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka Tea Board to subsidise exporter brand promotion

ECONOMYNEXT – The Sri Lanka Tea Board will launch a brand promotion campaign that will support exporters of Ceylo...

February 14, 2019 1 min read

Digital opinion leaders new focus of Sri Lanka global tea marketing campaign

ECONOMYNEXT – A new global Ceylon tea marketing campaign will have a new focus – targeting digital or onli...

February 14, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka govt to spend Rs1.2bn on extra wage hike to tea estate workers

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s government will allocate 1.2 billion rupees in the forthcoming budget to pay an ...

February 13, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka tea plantations, unions agree on pay deal

Sri Lanka's publicly traded tea farms and trade unions have agreed to a new pay deal involving a daily wage of 750 rupee...

January 26, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka’s Talawakelle Tea December quarter profit up 16-pct

Sri Lanka’s Talawakelle Tea Estates said net profit rose 16 percent to 178 million rupees in the December 2018 qu...

January 20, 2019 1 min read