date:Oct 17, 2013
exported 30,000 kg of processed tea leaves to Tehran this year, according to the Deputy Director of the Tea Development Corporation of Tripura, S. Das. The consignment would be transported through Kolkata and Mumbai ports.
Tripura hosts 58 tea gardens where 7.75 million kg of tea is grown every year on 13,372 hectares. Last year, the Manu Valley Tea estate of North Tripura sold a bulk consignment of green tea to the UK, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Data from the Tea Board of India showed that las