Sri Lanka Tea Exports for January-October 2019 cumulative exports of 246.9 million kgs shows a gain of 11.3 million kgs compared to 235.6 million kgs of January-October 2019. Here again, all categories of exports (i.e. Tea bags, Packeted tea and Bulk tea) have shown a growth YOY, whilst revenue for the period January-October 2019 of Rs. 203.1 B records a gain of Rs. 10.7 B vis-à-vis Rs. 192.4 B of January-October 2019. Consequently, the FOB value for the period January-October 2019 of Rs. 822.69 recorded a gain of Rs. 6.26 vis-à-vis Rs. 816.43 of January-October 2019.

Iraq has emerged as the No. 1 importer for the period under review followed by Turkey and Russia. Other noteworthy importers are Iran, Libya, China, Azerbaijan, Syria and UAE. Meanwhile, USA, India and Germany show a fairly significant growth in imports during the period under review when compared to the same period of the corresponding year.

 The relevant export figures for first ten months are appended below.

MAJOR IMPORTERS OF SRI LANKA TEA – JANUARY TO OCTOBER 2019/2018 (MT)