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Tea production is estimated to have risen by about 6% to 75.13 million kg in April this year on higher output in Assam and Kerala, according to the Tea Board.
Tea output stood at 70.99 million kg in the same month last year, the Tea Board said in a report.
Production of tea in Assam rose by 16 % to 41.87 million kg in the month against 36.05 million kg in the year-ago period.
Kerala saw 40% jump in output to 5.15 million kg, from 3.67 million kg in last year, the Board data showed.
However, production fell by 4.58 % to 11.67 million kg in West Bengal and by 18.35 % to 14.55 million kg in Tamil Nadu.
More than 80 % of the tea is produced in northern parts of the country.
Last year, the country had harvested 1,135.07 million kg of tea, higher by 3.6 % from the 2011-12 fiscal. Of which 220.46 million kg of exported in the same period.
