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COVID-19: Tea production shortfall likely to be 100 million kg
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India had produced around 1,389 million kgs of tea in 2019 Tea production in the country is likely to fall by 100 million kg this year due to the 21-day lockdown which was "inevitable" to tackle the coronavirus crisis, an official said on Wednesday.
The country had produced around 1,389 million kgs of tea in 2019, he said. "The lockdown was inevitable as there is no other option to prevent the spread of the disease.
However, the country's tea production will be hit and this will lead to a collapse of the industry," Tea Board Chairman P K Bezbaruah told PTI.
It will take time to bring tea bushes again to the production stage, he said. Tea Board's deputy chairman Arun Kumar Ray said that the "likely shortfall in production due to lockdown
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