The Tea Board is awaiting higher charges in 2019 at the returned of robust basics, a senior official said on Tuesday. The reliable also stated the board would attention on quality and compliance with new Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) norms.

S Soundararajan, Director of Tea Promotion, Tea Board, said that manufacturing in 2018 changed into 1,350 million kg. “We expect the figure to be comparable in 2019. Domestic consumption is likewise growing at 2.2 in line with cent 12 months-on-year,” he advised PTI.

“Prices should pass up. We had stopped plucking in many States during December to February, which has led to a production shortfall of 25 million kg,” Soundararajan said.

This, he said, could probable have a wonderful impact on the prices. He, however, stated charges did not go up as predicted last 12 months.

About the growing percentage of manufacturing with the aid of bought leaf factories, Soundararajan stated this had created a low-quit parallel market of types. In West Bengal, the share of manufacturing by BLFs become near 50 consistent with cent and over 60 consistent with cent in Assam, with the all-India common being forty six-forty seven in step with cent, the authentic stated.

 
Tea Board fixes inexperienced leaf fee at ₹15.60/kg
The Tea Board has introduced that the district average price for green leaf for March in The Nilgiris will be ₹15.60 a kg.

Tea Board Executive Director C Paulrasu said that this became fixed based at the average sale charge of CTC teas from sold-leaf factories at the auctions in February. He stated that all sold leaf factories within the Nilgiris need to pay this charge in respect in their purchase of green leaf from small growers in March.

He also said that every one discipline officers of the Board had been advised to ensure that no factory of their jurisdiction paid a charge decrease than this in appreciate of purchases during March. This rate become a few 27 paise less than the fee constant for February but 60 paise extra than the rate in March 2018.

The offered leaf factories continue to voice their displeasure on such price fixation earlier than the month ends.