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1.     WORLD TEA PRODUCTION (M Kg)

Country Month 2008 2007 +/-
Kenya Jan-Feb 53.84 76.45 -22.61
Bangladesh Jan-Feb 0.35 0.40 -0.05
Sri Lanka Jan-Feb 51.58 38.86 +12.72
Malawi Jan-Feb 14.23 13.43 +0.80
Tanzania Jan-Feb 7.12 7.24 -0.12
Indinesia Jan 7.2 7.8 -0.60
India Jan-Feb 39.39 36.33 3.05

 

Country

Jan to

2007

2006

+/-

%

India

Dec

944.7

955.9

-11.2

-1.2

North India

724.7

729.6

-4.9

-0.7

South India

219.9

226.3

-6.4

-2.8

Bangladesh

Dec

58.0

53.4

4.6

8.5

Kenya

Dec

369.6

310.6

59.0

19.0

Indonesia (PTP only)

Dec

83.2

71.4

11.8

16.6

Malawi

Dec

48.1

45.2

3.0

6.6

Sri Lanka

Dec

304.6

310.8

-6.2

-2.0

Tanzania

Dec

34.9

31.3

3.6

11.4

Uganda

Dec

44.9

36.7

8.2

22.3

Zimbabwe

Dec

13.4

15.7

-2.3

-14.6

Total

  

1901.4

1831.0

70.4

3.8

 


2.       WORLD AVERAGE TEA AUCTION PRICES

 

                                  January to February                  (per Kg)

Centre

In Countrywise Currency

In INR (Approx.)

In US $ (Approx)

Currency

2008

2007

+/-

2008

2007

+/-

2008

2007

+/-

Kolkata

INR

75.24

66.88

8.36

75.24

66.88

8.36

1.92

1.51

0.41

Guwahati

INR

68.58

60.70

7.88

68.58

60.70

7.88

1.75

1.37

0.38

Cochin

INR

58.98

59.62

-0.64

58.98

59.62

-0.64

1.51

1.35

0.16

Chittagong

Taka

94.49

85.60

8.89

53.86

54.61

-0.75

1.38

1.23

0.14

Jakarta

US Cents

146.89

151.77

-4.88

57.52

67.16

-9.64

1.47

1.52

-0.05

Mombasa      (for Kenya)

US Cents

237.00

177.00

60.00

92.81

78.32

14.49

2.37

1.77

0.60

Limbe

US Cents

130.77

106.30

24.47

51.21

47.04

4.17

1.31

1.06

0.24

Colombo

SL Rs

328.06

235.66

92.40

118.88

96.12

22.76

3.04

2.17

0.86
         

India

Bang

SL

      

Exchange Rates :

Jan-Feb

US$ 1 =

2008

39.16

68.70

108.07

      
       

2007

44.25

69.36

108.49

      

3.       INDIAN TEA AUCTION

 

January to February
 

2008

2007

Diff 08~07

1998
 

M Kg

Rs/Kg

M Kg

Rs/Kg

M Kg

Rs/Kg

Rs/Kg

Kolkata

21.6

75.24

24.3

66.88

-3

8.36

95.83

Siliguri

14.6

64.84

11.5

57.09

3

7.75

88.12

Guwahati

19.7

68.58

21.7

60.70

-2

7.88

95.94

Jalpaiguri

0.0

69.82

0.0

56.50

0

13.32

  

North India

55.9

70.17

57.5

62.59

-2

7.58

93.92

Cochin

9.8

58.95

9.9

59.62

0

-0.67

86.80

Coonoor

6.8

52.63

5.0

49.04

2

3.59

82.73

Coimbatore

4.3

53.38

4.2

50.96

0

2.42

84.20

Tea Serve

2.2

49.05

2.4

45.93

0

3.12

  

South India

23.1

55.09

21.4

53.94

2

1.15

84.44

ALL INDIA

79.0

65.76

78.9

60.24

0

5.52

90.47



4.       WORLD TEA EXPORTS  (M Kg)

Country

Jan to

2007

2006

+/-

%

India

Dec

156.7

218.7

-62.0

-28.4

Kenya

Dec

345.9

313.7

32.2

10.3

Sri Lanka

Dec

294.3

314.9

-20.7

-6.6

Zimbabwe

Dec

7.6

11.4

-3.8

-33.2

Argentina

Dec

74.2

70.7

3.5

5.0

China

Dec

289.4

286.6

2.8

1.0

Tanzania

Sep

21.8

17.2

4.6

26.6

Uganda

Dec

43.6

32.7

10.9

33.5

Indonesia

Oct

67.6

81.9

-14.3

-17.5

Malwai

Dec

46.6

42.0

4.6

11.0

Total

  

1347.6

1389.7

-42.1

-3.0

 

5.        INDIAN TEA EXPORTS

 

January to Feb

M Kg

Rs Cr

Rs/Kg

2008

North India

15.7

164.16

104.76

South India

11.5

94.67

62.67

All India

27.2

258.83

95.16

2007

North India

16.0

174.55

108.96

South India

15.0

106.88

71.11

All India

31.1

281.43

90.64

Diff. 07~07

North India

-0.4

-10.4

-4.2

South India

-3.5

-12.2

-8.4

All India

-3.9

-22.60

4.52

 

6.       TEA IMPORTS INTO INDIA

 

January 

   
 

2008

  

2007

  

 +/-

Country

M.Kg

Rs/Kg

M.Kg

Rs/Kg

M.Kg

Indinesia

0.26

52.99

0.17

73.11

0.09

Nepal

0.27

59.38

0.00

0.00

0.27

Srilanka

0.06

114.99

0.01

88.12

0.05

Vietnam

0.04

72.74

0.07

37.88

-0.03

Kenya

0.13

78.84

0.21

79.50

-0.08

Chaina

0.05

97.75

0.02

162.95

0.03

Argentina

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Malawi

0.01

57.65

0.00

0.00

0.01

Others

0.07

115.69

0.10

48.47

-0.03

Total

0.89

71.27

0.58

70.28

0.31

 

7.       DESTINATIONWISE TEA EXPORTS FROM INDIA

Country

January to December

2007

2006

 +/-

M Kg

Rs/Kg

M Kg

Rs/Kg

M.kg

Russia

34.41

80.67

37.00

78.59

-2.59

Kazakistan

8.09

100.37

10.39

109.45

-2.30

TOTAL CIS

43.95

84.54

49.11

85.36

-5.16

UK

13.88

91.53

23.21

92.76

-9.33

Netherlands

2.32

149.31

2.93

154.74

-0.61

Germany

5.30

166.81

4.36

209.47

0.94

Australia

4.82

189.07

4.46

188.77

0.36

Ireland

2.04

182.11

2.42

188.51

-0.38

Poland

3.76

84.81

3.67

89.37

0.09

USA

7.66

154.58

8.54

159.04

-0.88

UAE

24.12

97.44

21.88

100.47

2.24

Iran

11.28

108.22

8.67

104.67

2.61

Canada

0.74

130.54

1.13

126.64

-0.39

Iraq

2.49

52.13

41.33

51.28

-38.84

Saudi Arabia

1.31

87.56

1.06

99.72

0.25

ARE

4.88

65.45

2.75

76.36

2.13

Turkey

0.14

80.71

0.16

77.50

-0.02

Afghanistan

8.16

52.30

7.41

54.14

0.75

Kenya

3.01

47.71

8.74

55.84

-5.73

Japan

1.91

205.50

2.66

246.92

-0.75

Sri Lanka

2.88

84.76

3.19

95.99

-0.31

Pakistan

5.15

52.49

14.73

61.88

-9.58

Others

6.91

  

6.32

  

0.59

Total Exports

156.71

97.51

218.73

91.73

-62.02

Value (Rs Cr)

1528

2007

-478

 

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