Sri Lanka tea exports lowest in 23 years

Crisis-struck Sri Lanka's vital tea exports have dropped to their lowest level in 23 years, official figures showed Wednesday, hit by a fertiliser ban and the war in Ukraine.

But a bungled ban on fertiliser imports last year -- introduced in a doomed effort to save foreign currency and avoid a debt default -- hit growers hard, with production falling 18 per cent on-year for the period from November 2021 to February 2022. The tally was the lowest since the first quarter of 1999, when the country shipped out 60.3 million kilos of tea.Tea brokering firm Asia Siyaka blamed the drop on the agro chemical ban, which was portrayed by the government as a push to turn Sri Lankan farming 100-percent organic.

Industry officials added that about 10 percent of Sri Lanka's tea exports had also been affected by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Both countries are top buyers of the island's aromatic black tea.

Stupid politicians in Kandy & Moscow f*cking up everyone's lives!

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