Nimal Siripala De Silva: Tea Exports

Abstract

TRUE: Tea export volumes in 2020 declined by 9.2% or 27 million kilos to 265.5 million kilos from the previous year, whilst in value terms, the performance was down by Rs. 10.4 billion or 4.3% to Rs. 230.1 billion from 2019... The latter is despite Free-on-Board (FOB) unit value of tea rising to its highest ever of Rs. 866.70 per kilo, up by 5.4% from 2019. - Nimal Siripala de Silva, Daily FT, 9 February 2021