Summary of the Presentation on the Tea Sector by Mr. R. Ambalavanan, Executive Director, Tea Board at the Commodity Outlook Session of the 119th Annual Conference of UPASI held on 29th September 2012

摘要

Area under Tea cultivation - 5.79 lakh hectares; Area under Tea cultivation in South India - 1.2 lakh hectares; Corporate Sector contributes about 72% while small grower sector's share is 28%Number of Holdings -1,686 big gardens and 1,61,238 small holdingsNumber of Processing Units - 782 Estate Factories and 652 Bought Leaf FactoriesProduction during2011-12-976M.Kgs, out ofwhich 74% from the corporate sector and 26% from small sector