Number of Tea Gardens, Employment and Production etc. of Tea Industry

Year

Gardens

Daily Average No. of Labour Employed

Total Production

(in '000 kg.)

Area under Tea Cultivation

( in Hectares)

Average Yield per Hect. (in kg.)
1996 2472 572,311 423,965 228,205 1858
1997 - - 425,430 (p) 229,598 (p) 1853
1998 - - 462,783 (p) 230,978 (p) 2004
P :  PROVISIONAL
   
   Quantity and Average Price of Tea sold in Guwahati Tea Auction Centre

Type/

Centre

1999

2000 - 2001

Quantity

(Million Kg.)

Average Price

(Rs/Kg.)

Quantity

(Million Kg.)

Average Price

(Rs/Kg.)

    LEAF

    (a)  C.T.C

          Assam

85.732

84.44

81.222

76.58

          Cachar

13.981

66.89

13.527

52.63

          Dooars

-

-

-

-

          Arunachal

0.581

74.90

0.719

59.00

          Teraj

-

-

-

-

          Tripura

2.001

61.95

2.007

46.84

 

    (b)  ORTHODOX

          Assam

 0.289 84.31 0.704 72.05

          Cachar

-

-

-

-

          Dooars

-

-

-

-
          Terai

-

-

-

-
          Tripura 0.137 52.75 0.114 9.76
          Green Tea

-

-

-

-
          Arunachal

-

-

-

-
          Darjeeling

-

-

-

-
 

    DUST

    (a)  C.T.C

          Assam

 44.330 79.70 40.588 72.58

          Cachar

 2.180 60.35 2.108 46.51

          Dooars

 -

-

-

-

          Arunachal

 0.172 73.64 0.149 50.02

          Teraj

 -

-

-

-

          Tripura

 0.340 50.96 0.339 36.92

 

    (b)  ORTHODOX

          Assam

 0.037 48.25 0.101 39.97

          Cachar

-

-

-

-

          Dooars

-

-

-

-
          Terai

-

-

-

-
          Tripura 0.001 47.00 - -

TOP
   Month-wise Sale and Price of Tea at Guwahati Tea Auction Centre

Month

 Sale ( '000 kg.) Price ( Rs/kg.)
1999 2000 1999 2000

January

 12045 11368 67.96 75.35

Frbruary

 12292 13538 63.66 64.88

March

 11080 19737 60.20 52.32

April

 1754 1821 75.42 61.52

May

 3953 7864 98.58 76.89

June

 12426 9526 90.06 75.51

July

 13000 11929 84.16 80.08

August

 21987 16660 80.61 70.94

September

 14142 13836 89.42 69.30

October

 11264 12899 92.85 70.07

November

 15671 13923 88.58 65.14

December

 14538 14646 77.81 69.15