Kolkata, Jun 11 (PTI) Tea exports from India increased by 9.92 per cent at 254.67 million kg, from January to December 2024, against 231.69 million kg in the previous calendar year.

According to the latest data released by Tea Board, production in the north Indian estates during calendar 2024 stood at 154.81 million kg, as compared to 141 million kg in the preceding period from January to December 2023, registering a rise of 9.79 per cent year-on-year.

In south India, production volumes from January to December 2024 stood at 99.86 million kg, as against 90.69 million kg in the previous calendar of 2023, registering a rise of 10.11 per cent year-on-year.

Tea Board also released provisional data for the period between January and March 2025, where the all-India production during the three months stood marginally higher at 69.22 million kg compared to 67.53 million kg in the preceding similar period year-on-year.

The production in north India during the three months, from January to March 2025, stood 14.38 per cent higher at 45.35 million kg over 39.65 million kilograms year-on-year.

For south India, production volumes declined 14.38 per cent to 23.87 million kg from January to March 2025, compared to 27.88 million kg in the preceding period. PTI dc SBN SBN

Tea exports increase and regional production shifts, with north up and south down in provisional quarterly data. Release of Tea Board trade and production data shows higher all-India export volumes in the 2024 calendar year and year-on-year production gains in both north and south India for January-December 2024. Provisional January-March 2025 figures indicate marginally higher all-India production year-on-year, with north India recording an increase and south India a decline in the same quarter.