Before the island nation's economic crisis, tea exports accounted for US$1.3 billion (€1.27 billion) annually and 5% of all global tea production. But this has now dropped to its lowest level in ...

Sri Lanka is paying some foreign debts with tea, rather than cash. But an abrupt ban on chemical fertilizers has hurt crop yields and tea pickers are losing hours and wages as food prices double.

Leaves from the lush green tea estates covering the hills of central Sri Lanka end up in cups across the world. Tea is the island's biggest export, normally bringing in more than $1bn a year, but ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka's tea producers on Monday condemned a government order to increase wages by 70%, saying it would make their tea globally uncompetitive and reduce dollar ...

Having researched small holder tea lands in Sri Lanka, the situation is different. The down country tea growing populations in the smallholdings are relatively well-to-do, with lighting, TVs, ...

COLOMBO : Sri Lanka is set to start bartering tea to Iran next month in lieu of $250 million owed for oil, a Sri Lankan official told Reuters on Friday, as the crisis-hit country tries to lift ...

Sri Lanka is an Indian Ocean nation that's been famous for tea ever since the British first planted it there two centuries ago. ... Tea is Sri Lanka's biggest single export at US$1.25 billion a year.

Kenya exported over 500 Mkg of tea in 2024. In 2023, India and Sri Lanka were neck-in-neck in tea exports with around 231 Mkg, but in 2024 Indiaovertook the island nation with 24 Mkg more exports.

Today, Sri Lanka stands as the world's third-largest tea exporter, accounting for approximately 15% of global tea exports. In the face of significant challenges, our tea industry recorded ...