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Sri Lanka January Ceylon tea production down 16.1-pct

Sri Lanka tea production for January 2023 was 19.14 million kilograms down from 22.8 million kilograms a year ago.

February 26, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka’s high grown Ceylon Teas gain

While Medium Growns fell at the auction on February 14

February 19, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Ceylon Tea prices fall for the third week

Total offered quantity was down to 4.5 million kilograms from 5 million kilograms a week ago.

February 12, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka plantations minister moves to increase wages for tea, rubber estate workers

"With the rise in cost of living, a fair wage must be sought with government intervention," he said.

February 9, 2023 2 min read
Colombo Commercial Fertilizers, Ceylon Fertilizer Co to provide tea plantations at subsidized rate

Gov to provide fertilizer for tea plantations through state-owned Colombo Commercial Fertilizers and Ceylon Fertilizer

65-75 pct of tea industry cost is min wage based labour cost: Sri Lanka think tank

This contributes significantly to the cost of production of Sri Lanka’s tea industry.

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
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Sri Lanka Tea Smallholder Factories Dec net up 47-pct

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Tea Smallholder Factories said net profit rose 47 percent to 13.7 million rupees...

January 18, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lankan tea auction prices fall in 2018 from record high

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lankan tea auction average prices fell in 2018 from record highs the year before, including in US do...

January 4, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka's tea output seen recovering to 300mn kg in 2018

ECONOMYNEXT- Sri Lanka's tea production is likely to be around 300 million kilos in 2018, Forbes & Walker Tea Brokers sa...

December 23, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lankan teas moved from estates to avoid strike impact

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lankan tea brokers have moved teas from estates to minimise the impact of a strike by unions with the ...

December 12, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka plantations say unions resorting to death threats to back pay hike demand

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s regional plantations companies (RPCs) said they were withdrawing from direct tal...

December 11, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lankan plantations reject demand to double daily wage despite costly strike

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s plantations industry said they would not give in to demands by labour unions to ...

December 6, 2018 5 min read

Sri Lanka tea exports fall 8-pct in October

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka’s exports of black tea, its main agricultural product, fell eight percent to 23.3 million...

November 26, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Hatton Plantations makes Rs79mn loss in Sept quarter

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's Hatton Plantations, which operates the tea business spun off from Watawala Plantations, report...

November 21, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka tea prices to end down in 2018: Central Bank

Average prices at auctions in Sri Lanka's capital will end down 2018, continuing a trend seen so far in the year, the Ce...

November 9, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lankan govt intervenes in estate worker pay hike deadlock

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's newly appointed Cabinet has asked the finance ministry to find a solution to estate worker dem...

November 7, 2018 1 min read