Production of tea has registered a 29 per cent increase
during the first quarter of this year compared to the same period last
year, according to the Department of Census and Statistics. This has
mainly contributed to the 6 per cent of overall increase registered in the
agricultural sector in the first quarter of the current year, the
Department said.
A total of 82.6 million kg of tea was produced during the
first quarter of this year compared to 63.8 kg during the same period last
year which is a 29.6 per cent increase.
The reduction of production during the first quarter of
last year was attributed to workers resorting to trade union action and
unsatisfactory weather patterns that were no conducive to the production
of tea. However, efficient maintenance of tea estates, higher prices
fetched for manufactured tea and prevalent conducive weather conditions
had immensely contributed to the increase of production this year, it was
revealed.
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