India's tea production affected by weather
Tea production in India may decline at least 5 percent this year after dry weather damaged crops in the nations main growing regions of Darjeeling and Assam. Output is expected to drop to 930 million kilos and exports are anticipated to fall as much as 11 percent to 175 million kilograms, according to Tea Board of India. Tea output in Kenya, the worlds biggest exporter of black tea, fell 7 percent to 65.8 million kilograms in the three months to March because of dry, hot weather.