Coronavirus puts tea harvesting at risk, prices feared to rise
Published Jun 23, 2020
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The main producers in difficulty for the pandemic. I work steadily in India and inconvenience also in China, Sri Lanka and Vietnam. And even the agricultural auctions are now done only online
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Harvest disruptions and transport blockages due to coronavirus are jeopardizing the supply of tea from major global producers. Problems that have also involved the Indian region from which the most valuable varieties come. A 9% drop in Indian production this year combined with an increase in demand from drinkers around the world, most of whom are still stuck at home, had the effect of increasing the price of the product final, as revealed by the British newspaper The Guardian. Confinement measures in the northeastern Indian state of Assam suspended work for over a month in a crucial part of the agricultural season. The global coronavirus epidemic intensified at the worst possible time for Indian tea producers, precisely during the leaf harvesting phase. Other tea-exporting countries, including China, Sri Lanka and Vietnam, have also suffered great inconvenience, although Kenya, the main tea supplier in the United Kingdom, has managed to maintain supplies for now. The International ...
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