October turned into a disappointing month for India’s tea manufacturing as the country lost 3.Seventy one in keeping with cent over October 2017.

Adverse weather situations in Assam and West Bengal pulled down the manufacturing in those foremost tea producing states.

“Tea Board has now officially released the production information as consistent with which India’s output in October dropped to 176.Forty four million kg (mkg) from 183.23 mkg in October 2017, marking a decline of 6.79 mkg or 3.71 in line with cent”, Rajesh Gupta, compiler of annual Global Tea Digest, told Business Line.

North India’s output fell to a hundred and fifty.55 mkg from 162.06, marking a lack of as a good deal as 11.51 mkg or 7.10 in keeping with cent.

On the other hand, excellent rains in South Indian plantations helped the manufacturing to upward thrust to 25.89 mkg from 21.17 mkg in October 2017, marking a advantage of 4.Seventy two mkg or as tons as 22.30 per cent.

However, due to better production in earlier months, the cumulative output within the ten months in North India has risen even as because of poor display in in advance months, the cumulative manufacturing inside the South has fallen.

“Our compilation indicates that inside the ten months, India produced 1117.Sixty two mkg towards 1127.19 mkg in Jan-Oct 2017, marking a marginal lack of nine.Fifty seven mkg or 0.Eighty five consistent with cent”, Rajesh Gupta stated.

North Indian production rose marginally to 929.Ninety eight mkg from 929.85 mkg in Jan-Oct 2017, posting a small gain of zero.Thirteen mkg or just zero.01 in line with cent.

Assam continued to top the country’s manufacturing desk at 587.80 mkg (583.32 mkg) followed by way of West Bengal at 318.24 mkg (322.86 mkg).

South Indian output dropped to 187.Sixty four mkg from 197.34 mkg in Jan-Oct 2017, marking a loss of nine.70 mkg or four.Ninety two in step with cent.

“Tamil Nadu lost four.Fifty four consistent with cent to dip to 134.86 mkg (141.28 mkg) and Kerala 5.96 according to cent to overall forty eight.56 mkg (51.Sixty seven mkg)”, Rajesh Gupta said.

At this rate, manufacturers fear that the manufacturing this calendar would be around 1,312 mkg against 1,322 mkg produced in 2017 – the first time in recent years whilst manufacturing could be lower than the preceding yr.