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Sri Lanka tea exports down 8–pct in Sept, prices up

In the nine months of 2022 Sri Lanka exports fell 9 percent to 192.60 million kilograms.

October 16, 2022 2 min read

Sri Lanka’s medium grown tea prices fall in September 4th-week sale

Data shows tea prices across all elevations have fallen between 100 to 200 rupees

October 9, 2022 3 min read

Sri Lanka tea sold at historic high prices in September 2022

In dollar terms, the average sale price for Sri Lankan tea had been 4.41 dollars per kilogram

October 9, 2022 2 min read

Sri Lanka tea exports down 9.7–pct in August, rupee earnings hit record

The average tea price in August hit 1,951.82 rupees per kilogram

September 18, 2022 1 min read
Sri Lanka motorists pay Rs.50 tax for Indian credit line, local tea producers on Iran dues

The tax was 25 rupees per liter in June and has now been increased to 50 rupees from this month - minister 

Sri Lanka Mid Growns tea prices up, High Growns down at weekly auction

Total auction volume declined to 5.7 million kilos from the last week 6.4 million kilograms.

Sri Lanka to set up monitoring agency for plantations firms

ECONOMYNEXT – The Sri Lankan government plans to set up a monitoring agency to closely supervise the work of regi...

January 24, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka Tea Board in deal to increase exports to Turkey

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka is to enter into an agreement on agricultural cooperation with Turkey, one of the main markets ...

January 17, 2018 1 min read

Call for better monitoring of Sri Lankan tea exports

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan plantations companies have called for improved phytosanitary surveillance and quarantine...

January 2, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka to hold tea auctions in China

ECONOMYNEXT – The Sri Lankan government is to promote black tea consumption in China and also hold tea auctions t...

December 13, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lankan plantations press for oil palm support as profits surge

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s plantations industry has called for more support for palm oil as profits from th...

November 30, 2017 6 min read

Bought leaf helps Sri Lankan tea firm turnaround

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Agarapatana Plantations, which is making a cash call having suffered a serious l...

November 27, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka October tea exports up 10-pct

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan tea exports rose 10% or by 2.6 million kilos to 25.5 million kilos in October 2017 from ...

November 23, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka gives Dentsu Grant global Ceylon tea promotion deal

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka has awarded Dentsu Grant (Pvt) Ltd. a Rs220 million contract for consultancy services for...

November 23, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka’s Kelani Valley Sept quarter loss narrows sharply

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lankan regional plantation company Kelani Valley Plantations said its net loss for the September 2017 ...

October 31, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka Tea Smallholder Factories Sept net up 60-pct

ECONOMYNEXT - Tea Smallholder Factories, which makes black tea from leaves bought from Sri Lankan small farmers, said ne...

October 30, 2017 1 min read
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Sri Lanka’s Horana Plantations returns to profit in Sept quarter

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka’s Horana Plantations returned to profit in the September 2017 quarter with gains from tea...

October 26, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka tea prices seen remaining high on global shortfall

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan tea prices were mostly firm or higher at this week’s auctions with high grown var...

October 13, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka 'land reform' disaster made the state the biggest land owner

Sri Lanka's had nationalised land from a number of citizens as well as foreigners and made the state the biggest landown...

October 11, 2017 3 min read

Sri Lanka warned of problems ahead from alternatives to glyphosate

Sri Lanka's agriculture and tea exports may suffer due to the use of alternative chemicals after glysophate, a weedicide...

October 10, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka tea prices up 28-pct in August

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan tea prices rose sharply in August this year from a year ago, helped by demand from oil p...

September 7, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka rulers to slash freedoms of tea, rubber, coconut land owners

Sri Lanka's cabinet of ministers had approved a proposal to further restrict the freedoms of owners of tea, rubber and c...

August 16, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Bogawantalawa Tea June net profit up 56-pct

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Bogawantalawa Tea Estates reported that net profit rose 56 percent to 79 million...

August 14, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka in talks with Alibaba for online Ceylon tea sales

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s government is holding talks with Alibaba Group, the Chinese ecommerce giant, to ...

August 11, 2017 2 min read

Partnership deals will give edge to Sri Lanka in FDI: CB governor

August 10, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka’s Watawala Plantations June net up helped by tea

Sri Lanka’s Watawala Plantations said June 2017 quarter net profit rose 58% to Rs379 million from a year ago main...

August 5, 2017 2 min read