Russia predicts 3% growth in tea leaf harvest in 2022

Enterprises plan to collect about 400 tons of this product Tea growers in the Krasnodar Territory, the only region in Russia where tea bushes are grown on an industrial scale, plan to harvest about 400 tons of green tea leaves in 2022. This was reported to TASS at the Ministry of Agriculture and Processing Industry of the Krasnodar Territory on August 18. "The completion of the collection of green tea leaves by tea-growing enterprises, depending on weather conditions, is planned for mid-September," the department added. The ministry also noted that due to the protracted cold spring, the collection of green tea leaves in tea-growing enterprises this year began at the end of May, that is, two to three weeks later than in 2021. At the end of 2021, 387.3 tons of tea leaves were collected. Thus, the forecasted harvest in 2022 may be 3% higher. In the region, tea leaves are harvested both manually and with the help of modern equipment. According to the ministry, in 2022 the harvest of ...