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Article: Internal and export tea demand outstripping supply in India.
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- Tea & Coffee Trade Journal
- Article date:
- September 1, 1989
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Internal and export tea demand outstripping supply in India
The year 1988 proved to be a difficult one for the tea pandits as the crystal ball remained hazy all through. Virtually all forecasts were belied as the situation changed frequently and quite unexpectedly.
At the beginning of the year, the weather gods were not kind to the North Eastern region, particularly in the Dooars. The early forecasts, estimated by the majority, were that the Indian crop would be around 1987 harvest of 673 million kilograms. There was skepticism about exports also and some pessimists were quite certain that the level of exports would not go beyond 190 million kgs.
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