MUMBAI: India's [url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/tea production]tea production[/url] in June fell 14 per cent from a year earlier to 123.91 million kg due to lower plucking in the top producing north-eastern state of Assam, the [url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/state-run Tea Board]state-run Tea Board[/url] said.
Production in Assam dropped by nearly 16 per cent from a year earlier to 60.91 million kg due to heavy rainfall that hit plucking, it said in a statement.
India, the world's second biggest tea producer, exports CTC (crush-tear-curl) grade mainly to Egypt, Pakistan and the UK, and the orthodox variety to Iraq, Iran and Russia.