‘Tea production rises 61% since 2009’

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Tea production rose by around 61 per cent in the last 12 years in Bangladesh, Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi said today.

Bangladesh produced 60,000 tonnes of tea in 2009, which increased to 96,510 tonnes in 2021, he said.

Of the total production, 14,550 tonnes of tea were produced in the northern districts --Panchagarh, Thakurgaon, Lalmonirhat and Kurigram, the minister said.

The government has taken steps to boost tea export after meeting the country's demand, he said.

Munshi spoke while addressing an event organised to celebrate the second National Tea Day at Osmani Memorial Auditorium in Dhaka.

The commerce ministry and Bangladesh Tea Board jointly organised the event. The theme of this year's tea day is "Cha Diboser Sangkalpa, Samriddha Cha Shilpa (The tea day promises to build a prosperous tea industry).

Tea day observed In Panchagarh

Various programmes, including rallies, discussions and exhibitions, were organised in Panchagarh town today to celebrate national tea day.

Md Jahurul Islam, former deputy commissioner of Panchagarh inaugurated a daylong tea exhibition on the premises of the Panchagarh Collectorate Building this morning.

Some 20 stalls were set up where different tea factories and companies displayed their products, reports our Thakurgaon correspondent.

In 2021, some 1,263 acres of land were brought under tea cultivation in five northern districts.

The National Tea Day is being celebrated in the country on June 4 every year to commemorate the outstanding contribution of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

Bangabandhu joined the Tea Board as the first Bengali chairman on June 4 in 1957.

‘Tea production rises 61% since 2009’

Bangladesh produced 60,000 tonnes of tea in 2009, which increased to 96,510 tonnes in 2021, he said.

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[bluesky]

Bangladesh produced 60,000 tonnes of tea in 2009, which increased to 96,510 tonnes in 2021, he said.

Of the total production, 14,550 tonnes of tea were produced in the northern districts --Panchagarh, Thakurgaon, Lalmonirhat and Kurigram, the minister said.

It is a great news. @Bilal9 may still remember I was talking about the soil condition in the northern four districts where 14,550 tons of tea has been produced. There is little slope there, but the underneath soil is sandy.

It satisfies the optimum conditions for a tea garden that there must be ample rainfall but the water must not retain on the ground. Rainwater goes underground through the sandy layers. It means no water retaining on the ground.

BD can boost the tea production throughout the Chittagong Hill Tracts districts. The country will get richer with more production and the people there get works to do. All of them have land properties. They need guidance by the agriculture people.

 

[bluesky]

Commerce Minister: Tea production increasing by 5% each year

On an average people are taking 100 million cups of tea every day in the country, Tipu Munshi says

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[Destranator]

We need to stop exporting raw tea leaves and sell processed tea for value addition and branding. Sri Lankan Dilmah brand of tea packs can be found in retail outlets all over the world. We need something similar.

 

[Chat SAMOSA]

Do you export raw tea to India by any chance ?

 

[Destranator]

Do you export raw tea to India by any chance ?

Not that I am aware of.

 

[bluesky]

We need to stop exporting raw tea leaves and sell processed tea for value addition and branding. Sri Lankan Dilmah brand of tea packs can be found in retail outlets all over the world. We need something similar.

We have to understand that it is buyers and importers who choose if they would import raw tree leaves or the semi-finished/ finished ones.

Allowing the importers to add more values to the imported goods is also a part of business.

 

[BananaRepublicUK]

We need to stop exporting raw tea leaves and sell processed tea for value addition and branding. Sri Lankan Dilmah brand of tea packs can be found in retail outlets all over the world. We need something similar.

Bangladeshi tea leaves are not the highest quality.

They tend to be blended with better varieties.

Definitely not good enough to be branded on its own.