Assams total tea production witnessed a plunge of nearly 8% last year as compared to 2019 for the period of January to November. The states tea production in 2020 was hit by the Covid-19 lockdown, and hence not taken into account by the tea . For the period of January to November, the total tea production in 2021 was 641.23 million kg as against 593.58 million kg in 2020 and 693.62 million kg in 2019.
Significantly, Assams tea production for the entire year of 2019 was 716.49 million kg, which constituted 51.54% of the countrys total production of 1,390.08 million kg. In 2020, due to the Covid lockdown, Assams total tea production declined to 618.20 million kg, which was about 100 million kg less compared to 2019. The countrys total tea production was 1,257.53 million kg that year.