In order to analyse what went wrong in our Sri Lankan tea export industry, The Sunday Morning Business took the initiative to investigate the tea industry. The discovery has resulted in the manufacturing of an array of fine teas which, like wine, are unique to each agro-climatic district in Sri Lanka. bulk tea, tea in packets, tea in bags, green tea, and instant tea, have declined in 2020. Responding to the following question, Peiris stated that China and Kenya have overtaken Sri Lanka only in terms of producing larger volumes. Excluding Sri Lanka having serious limitations of land area issues, there are several other factors that limit Sri Lanka’s capacity in terms of expanding the number of production units.

Source: The Nation April 03, 2021 22:52 UTC