Sri Lanka tea producers say need support for replanting
Apr 17, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's plantations companies needs financial support to replant ageing trees as production costs rose, an industry official said as …
Apr 17, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's plantations companies needs financial support to replant ageing trees as production costs rose, an industry official said as …
Apr 10, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lankan tea prices have fallen after hitting record highs at recent auctions, although still higher than last year, squeezing profit …
Apr 06, 2010 (LBO) - A project to help farmers in Sri Lanka's former war zone by Hayleys, a big exporter of gherkins to global food chains, has won an award …
Apr 02, 2010 (LBO) - Lanka Milk Foods (LMF), a milk powder packer which is part of Sri Lanka's Distilleries group, said it has begun production at a new plant …
April 01, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's listed Bogowantalawa Tea Estates said it was starting a two million dollar iced tea unit with a US firm in which the firm …
Mar 31, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Malwatte Valley Plantations said 2009 annual profits fell 99.3 percent to 2.15 million rupees from a year ago with a big …
QIXINGCUN, March 29, 2010 (AFP) - Peasant farmer Dong Guicheng wakes up every morning hoping for rain, but each day a crippling drought instead brings more …
Mar 26, 2010 9LBO) - Sri Lanka's Watawala Plantations, which manufactures and sells branded teas, has decided to set up a fully owned subsidiary to sell its …
Mar 25, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka has introduced a quality certification programme for tea exports to ensure cleaner teas are sent to overseas markets, devoid of …
Mar 23, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's tea production in February was back to the usual levels having recovered from the effects of drought and a market crash last …
Mar 22, 2010 (LBO) - Buying tea for stock during the commodities crash in the last quarter of 2008 helped boost profits at Finlays Colombo group last year, the …
Mar 19, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's poultry industry has been squeezed by taxes on imported maize which pushed feed costs up and price controls on processed …
Mar 19, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's tea industry expects a short 'Western quality season' this year with teas that had the desired quality picking up in price at …
Mar 12, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lankan tea prices rose at this week's auction as quality improved and crops coming down owing to drought, brokers said. Prices of some …
Mar 09, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's tea industry, a top foreign exchange earner, is still starved of refunds from a government tax on exports, despite rival …
Mar 08, 2010 (LBO) - Drought and higher wages pushed Sri Lanka's Talawakelle Tea Estates into the red last year, its first loss, although a recovery in crop …
Mar 04, 2010 (LBO) - Prices of Sri Lankan teas grown at higher elevations mainly by regional plantations companies recovered at this week's Colombo auctions as …
Feb 26, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lankan tea prices at the Colombo auctions fell for the second week running this week on bigger volumes and lower quality, although …
Feb 24, 2010 (LBO) - A United Nations agricultural development agency said it will give Sri Lanka a loan of 25 million dollars to help small holder farmers …
Feb 23, 2010 (LBO) - Production of tea, Sri Lanka's main export crop, showed a return to normal levels in January as the industry recovered from the effects of …