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Inferior imported tea leading to local tea price crash, say growers

It isn’t just climate change and US tariffs that have endangered Indian tea plantations. Low quality tea imports from countries like Kenya and Nepal have made their way to not only Indian shores, but ...
Business Line

Tea Board for 100% testing of imported crop: Dy Chairman

Deputy chairman of Tea Board C Murugan on Saturday assured that hundred per cent testing of quality of imports would be carried out to prevent inflows of the cheap variety into the country. The ...
Business Recorder

Indian tea import up by 2-9.13 percent in January-March

The import of tea from India has registered 2 percent to over 9 percent increase during January-March. The tea import from India registered 2.3 percent increase in January, followed by 5.94 percent in ...
The New Indian Express

Planters raise concerns over inferior tea imports and rule violation in re-export

KOLKATA: Resentment is brewing in the tea industry as planters and exporters are alleging that "inferior quality" imported tea is being blended with the Indian crop and exported without multi-origin ...
Business Recorder

PTA demands reforms in tea import taxation

KARACHI: Tea importers have issued a strong call to the federal government to urgently reform the tea import taxation regime, warning that existing loopholes— particularly through FATA/ PATA ...
Indiatimes

Tea Board to empanel agencies for testing imported, exported tea

Kolkata: The Tea Board has decided to empanel agencies to test tea being imported or exported. The decision was made earlier this week after a stakeholders' meeting attended by the Indian Tea ...