Financial Tribune- Around 39,446 tons of tea leaves were purchased by the government from local farmers at 964 billion rials ($22.95 million) during the spring harvest of the crop, registering a 6% decline compared with the similar period of last year, the head of Iran Tea Organization said. The reason behind the decline in production is the frost ...

Financial Tribune- Tea processing factories have bought about 9,700 tons of fresh tea leaves worth 260 billion rials (more than $6.19 million) from farmers in northern Iran following the spring harvest of the crop, Kheirollah Amiri, an official with Iran Tea Organization, said. Tea undergoes three harvests a year: the spring harvest that starts ...

Financial Tribune- Close to 90,000 tons of fresh tea leaves worth 1.74 trillion rials ($44.61 million) were purchased from local farmers in the spring and summer harvests, the head of Iran Tea Organization said. The autumn harvest will begin in 10 days and it is estimated that overall, 110,000 tons of fresh tea leaves will be produced this year,...

Financial Tribune - Iran's Domestic tea production has registered a 73% increase so far this year (started March 21, 2017), compared with the corresponding period of last year, leading to a 12% decline in imports. According to Mohammad Vali Rouzbehan, the head of Tea Organization of Iran, tea farmers incomes have grown substantially by 234% during ...

Financial Tribune- In the current tea harvest season, the government purchased more than 139,000 tons of fresh tea leaves, worth 2.34 trillion rials (close to $62 million), from farmers, of which 31,200 tons of dried tea have been produced this year (March 2016-17). "Tea production has registered a 60% increase [compared to last year], marking a ...

Financial Tribune- Around 31,200 tons of dried tea leaves were produced in Iran during the current Iranian year (started March 20, 2016), registering a 60% rise compared with last year, according to the head of Iran Tea Organization. "At present 28-29% of the domestic demand for tea are met by local production. Last year, the figure stood at nearly ...