Tea production of India in the 2013-14 April-Feb period increased by 7% to 1,152.91 million kg due to higher output in key producing states Assam and West Bengal. Production in the same period of 2012-13 was 1,073.93 million kg, according to the Tea Board.
Output in Assam, the largest tea-producing state, was improved by 5.19% to 608.89 million kg in the April-February period of 2013-14, from 578.06 million kg in the comparable period. Similarly, in West Bengal, production increased by 11% to 293.73 million kg from 265.36 million kg.
Production in the south Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka increased by 13% to 226.93 million kg in the April-December period of 2013-14 fiscal from 199.86 million kg in the previous year period.
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