Staff Reporter
Guwahati: Tea production in Assam and the country as a whole has seen a sharp decline in the month of June. As per the Tea Board of India's latest report, the tea production in the country was down by 13.22 million kg in June 2025, as compared to the production in June 2024. Assam also saw its share of decline, with tea output going down by 7.36 million kg.
The all-India production of tea in June 2025 was 133.50 million kg, against the figure of 146.72 million kg in June 2024. Of the 133.50 million kg of tea, 55.21 million kg was produced by the big growers, while the remaining 78.29 million kg was contributed by small growers. Moreover, of the total tea production in June this year, 117.84 million kg comprised CTC, 13.82 million kg Orthodox, and 1.84 million kg comprised green tea.
In June 2025, Assam produced 68.55 million kg of tea, of which 34.23 million kg was the contribution of big growers, while 34.32 million kg was produced by small growers in the state. Again, in June 2025, the lion's share of tea was produced in Assam, amounting to more than 50% of the total tea produced in the country. It is to be noted that Assam produced 75.91 million kg of tea in June 2024, thus amounting to a fall of 7.36 million kg in Assam's tea production from last year.
The Tea Board report also stated that, in the first six months of 2025, the country as a whole produced 469.72 million kg of tea, of which Assam's share was 200.48 million kg.
The fall in Assam's tea production in June 2025 is attributed to the erratic weather, brought about by the spectre of climate change in this part of the country. The normal weather pattern in Assam is light to moderate rain in the nighttime and bursts of sunshine in the day, which is considered favourable for the production of bountiful and prime green tea leaves, the ingredient for manufacturing good-quality made tea.
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