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Sri Lanka's low grown tea prices move up in July first-week sale

On July 06 auction sale, low grown averaged 4.33 dollars

July 17, 2022 4 min read

Sri Lanka's Tea exports to Ukraine drops 55-pct from Jan-May 2022

Exports to Russia and Turkey too have dropped steeply

July 3, 2022 1 min read

Sri Lanka low-grown tea prices gain in June third week sale

On June 22 sale, low grown averaged 4.05 dollars a kilogram up from 2.92 dollars a year earlier

July 3, 2022 4 min read

Niraj de Mel made Chairman of Sri Lanka Tea Board

Promises inputs amid soft-peg crisis

June 27, 2022 2 min read
Sri Lanka tea exports up 4.2-pct in May 2023

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

Sri Lanka rupee depreciation drives Ceylon Tea prices up

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

Sri Lanka plantations firms borrow from UK parent

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Hapugastenne Plantations and Udapussellawa Plantations plan to take fresh loans ...

May 22, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka Kelani Valley Plantations March net doubles to Rs277mn

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Kelani Valley Plantations said net profit for the March 2017 quarter more than d...

May 17, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka tea broker invests Rs233mn to get land for warehouse

ECONOMYNEXT – Ceylon Tea Brokers, a Sri Lankan tea brokerage, said it had acquired a subsidiary of another broker...

May 12, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka tea gaining market share in China

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan tea is increasing market share in China whose imports of the beverage are growing despit...

May 12, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka tea prices hit new high in March

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan tea prices continued their rise in March this year with the Colombo auction average for ...

April 7, 2017 2 min read

Audit reveals Sri Lanka Agalawatte Plantations loss over Rs1.2bn

ECONOMYNEXT – Re-audited accounts of Sri Lanka’s Agalawatte Plantations have revealed over Rs4.5 billion a...

April 4, 2017 2 min read

Global shortfall, higher demand keep Sri Lankan tea prices high

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan tea prices are seen remaining high this year on account of the global shortfall in produ...

March 31, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka’s Udapussellawa Plantations imports fertiliser after subsidy withdrawal

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka’s Udapussellawa Plantations, part of the Finlays Colombo group, said it had resorted to i...

March 29, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka’s Browns sells 61-pct stake Agalawatte Plantations

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Browns Group has sold a 61% stake in Agalawatte Plantations to D. R. Investment ...

March 27, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka February tea export prices up, volumes at eight-year low

ECONOMYNEXT – Tea export volumes from Sri Lanka fell 5 percent to 22.4 million kilos in February 2017 from a year...

March 24, 2017 1 min read
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Sri Lanka February tea output falls 19.7 pct yr/yr

COLOMBO, March 17 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's tea output fell 19.7 percent in February compared to a year earlier due to dro...

March 17, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka tea prices hit new high in February

Sri Lankan tea prices hit a new high in February 2017, with the monthly auction average almost 50% higher than a year ag...

March 11, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka tea prices ease after record-breaking spree

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan tea prices were generally lower at this week’s auction despite some invoices cont...

February 24, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka January tea output falls 15.3 pct y/y

Feb 20 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's tea output fell 15.3 percent in January due to adverse weather, poor application of ferti...

February 20, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lankan small farmers turn profitable with organic tea, ‘Fair Trade’ label

ECONOMYNEXT – Bio Foods (Pvt) Ltd., company set up by a Sri Lankan tea scientist, is helping marginalised farmers...

January 27, 2017 3 min read

Sri Lanka’s Watawala Plantations December net up 163-pct

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Watawala Plantations said December 2016 quarter net profit rose 163% to Rs466 mi...

January 27, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka Tea Smallholder profits up in December quarter

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Tea Smallholder Factories maintained profitability in the December 2016 quarter ...

January 25, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka allows regulated sale of 'refuse tea'

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Plantation Industries has decided to allow private processors to sel...

January 20, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka tea marketing fund stays with ministry, campaign starts April

ECONOMYNEXT – A fund to promote Ceylon tea in overseas markets which the Treasury tried to take over will remain ...

January 20, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka tea prices at new high in 2016

Sri Lankan tea prices hit a new high in 2016 at the Colombo auctions with most of the gains coming towards the year end ...

January 14, 2017 2 min read