By Aravinda Anantharaman | Editor
India Tea News for the week ending September 13, 2024
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Time For Bonus Talks
With the festival season coming up in India, this is the time of year when tea gardens in the north announce the annual bonus. In North Bengal (Darjeeling and Dooars) for the first time eight major tea garden workers’ trade unions decided to unite as a united front. The bonus is decided between the unions and planters associations and ranges from a minimum of 8.33% of the worker’s annual earnings to 20%. In the second round of talks held in Kolkata this week, the unions began their negotiations with 19% while the planters said they will not be able to pay in excess of 10%. A third round of discussions is expected around the 20-21 of this month. Talks in Assam have not begun yet.
FAITTA Meet In Guwahati, Assam
The 10th annual meeting of the Federation of All India Tea Traders Association took place at Guwahati last week. Speaking at the meeting, Sanjay Shah, the association’s chairman noted an increase in packet tea over loose tea. He also expressed concern about the market’s inability to absorb recent price increases. He noted that Indian exports are gradually improving and 2023 saw 228 mn kilos exported while in 2024, tea prices surged by 46%. Mr Shah also added that the FAITTA have submitted a food safety roadmap for tea to the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) for good agricultural practices involving integrated pest management.
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