Tea exports fall marginally in 2018 calendar year

KOLKATA: Tea exports from India fell marginally to 249.11 million kilograms during January to December 2018, as compared to 251.91 million kilograms in the same period the previous year. Average unit price per kilo during the last calendar year stood at Rs 206.03 as against Rs 197.99 in the previous year, Tea Board data showed. Exports to the CIS bloc fell to 61.10 million kgs between January and December 2018, from 64 million kgs in the year-ago period. Exports to Iran, another major importing country, rose to 30.60 million kgs in the period as against 29.57 million kgs.