date:Oct 17, 2013
Tea production in India is expected to grow by around 5 per cent this year and is likely to end above 1,180 million kg due to adequate rains. Tea exports have picked up as well, with the tiny landlocked north-eastern State of Tripura inking a deal to export tea to Iran.
India exports 12 million kg of tea to Iran each year. The Golakpur Tea Estate in Tripura has signed an agreement to export 10 tonnes of tea in the current financial year to an Iranian importer.
The Indian company had already