Iran: Payment of 51% of the claims of tea growers in Gilan and Mazandaran

Habib Jahansaz, stating that since the beginning of the harvest season, more than 53,788 tons of green tea leaves have been purchased from the tea growers of Gilan and Mazandaran, said: 87% of the purchased green leaves are equivalent to 47,000 tons of first grade. He considered 13% of the purchased green leaves as second grade and added: the value of the purchased green leaves is 735 billion Tomans. In a news interview, the head of the country's tea organization announced the payment of another part of the demands of the tea farmers and said: During this week, another 46 billion tomans were deposited into the account of the tea farmers, so our total payments reached more than 380 billion tomans. Jahansaz, referring to the payment of 51% of the demands of the tea growers of Gilan and Mazandaran, noted: 12,102 tons of dry tea have been produced from this amount of green leaves purchased. He announced the forecast of buying 130,000 tons of green tea leaves and added: Compared to the ...