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Dry Jan, Feb in Assam, West Bengal making tea cos worried, exports may fall
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Dry weather could become a major concern to tea industry and Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said summer will be hotter this year in most parts of the country. IMD said that maximum temperature will be as high as 0.86 degree centigrade higher than normal across northern, eastern and western India.
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Guwahati tea auction centre has dropped auction sales for the next two weeks as there are hardly any teas left at the centre.
Tea estates in Assam and West Bengal have received 50 per cent lesser rainfall in the months of January and February compared to the same months last year which will impact the production of first flush teas and that could adversely affect Indian exports, the tea companies said.