Sipef Reports Lower Tea Output in Cibuni, West Java

BRUSSELS (Yosefardi) – Sipef produced 695 tons of tea in Cibuni, West Java in the second quarter of 2013, dropped by 10.55% from the corresponding period of 2012 due to unfavorable weather condition.
As a result, Sipef’s first half 2013 tea production down 3.25% to 1,400 tons only.
“The tea plantation of Cibuni in West Java had to contend with many days of rainfall and a lack of sunshine, a trend which has continued for a few years now and whereby leaf growth, each year, is considerably stunted,” Sipef said this week.
Tea price in the second quarter, however, was higher at US$2910 per ton (FOB origin) against US$2740/ton in the second quarter of 2012 and US$2900 in the fourth quarter of 2012.
“Tea prices continued their downward trend during the second quarter of the year on the back of good production in Kenya, Sri Lanka, and India,” Sipef added.