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Drought cuts March tea crop by 22%
Output of Sri Lanka’s top agricultural export commodity also fell 9.9% in the first quarter of this year compared with the same period last year.
The country’s annual tea production rose 4.2% last year to a record high of 340.2 million kg, surpassing its previous all-time peak of 331.4 million kg in 2010.
Earnings also hit a record of $ 1.54 billion last year, surpassing the previous high of $ 1.48 billion in 2011.
Tea is one of the main foreign currency earners for the country’s $ 67 billion economy.
http://www.ft.lk/2014/05/07/drought-cuts-march-tea-crop-by-22/
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