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Sri Lanka’s Ceylon tea output down 16.3-pct in May 2022

Fertiliser ban biting into tea output

June 26, 2022 2 min read

Sri Lanka low-grown tea prices slips in June second week sale

In the last week's auction sale on June 08, Low Grown average was $3.28 per kg, up from $2.98 per kg a year earlier

June 19, 2022 3 min read

Sri Lanka's Ceylon tea exports down 17-pct in May 2022

In rupee terms export in May were up 54 percent to 33 billion rupees

June 19, 2022 2 min read

Sri Lanka tea prices hit record in May amid currency collapse

Low grown hits new tea record

June 12, 2022 3 min read
Sri Lanka High Grown Tea prices down at weekly auction

The weekly sale average grew 3.98 rupees to 957.14 rupees from 953.16 rupees

Sri Lanka Ceylon Tea prices down at weekly auction

The weekly sale average fell by 86.93 rupees to 980.64 rupees from 1067.57 rupees

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
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Sri Lanka tea prices up sharply at first auction

ECONOMYNEXT – Prices of Sri Lankan teas grown on the western slopes of the central hills rose sharply at the year...

January 5, 2017 1 min read

Libya regains taste for Sri Lankan tea

ECONOMYNEXT – Tea exports to Libya were up 21% in the 11 months to November this year from last year with Libyan ...

December 23, 2016 1 min read

Market for Sri Lanka tea seen buoyant in 2017

A global tea production shortfall and recovery in key export destinations should keep the market for Sri Lankan orthodox...

December 23, 2016 3 min read

Sri Lanka November tea crop up 8.4-pct

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s tea production rose 8.4% in November 2016 from a year ago, led by a recovery in ...

December 22, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka November tea exports slump 22-pct

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s tea exports in November 2016 fell 22% to 20.4 million kilos from a year ago, the...

December 16, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka plans global tea party to mark 150 years of planting

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka plans a ‘Global Ceylon Tea Party’, hosted by its diplomatic missions across ...

December 10, 2016 3 min read

No forced Sri Lanka plantations land restrictions: Navin

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Minister of Plantation Industries Navin Dissanayake said the government will not...

December 8, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka plantations minister fights to retain control over tea fund

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Minister of Plantation Industries Navin Dissanayake said he was fighting with th...

December 8, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka October tea output down for ninth straight month

Nov 17 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's tea output fell for a ninth consecutive month in October, due to severe drought, poor app...

November 17, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka plantation firms to be limited to 5,000 acres: Finance Minister

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s government will restrict landholdings of Regional Plantations Companies (RPCs) t...

November 10, 2016 1 min read