Tea production in November 2008 at 24.6 million kilos was the lowest since 1999 as producers cut output after prices crashed, brokers Asia Siyaka Commodities said.
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The drop in production came mainly from the low grown sector produced mainly by small farmers in the south which fell by almost a quarter compared with the same month the previous year.
"National production would have been much lower if the high grown figure had not increased 28 percent from 6.
3 million kg in November 2007 to 8.1 million kg in 2008," the brokers said in a market report.
Mid grown and low grown production fell largely because small farmers curtailed production when the market crashed and because low application of fertilizer and pruning of fields restricted supply.
December tea production will also be lower and lower crops can be expected in the first quarter of this year, Asia Siyaka Commodities said.
But they said production for the January - November 2008 period at 299 million kg was eight percent h