Kugwa kwamvula kwambiri kudera lopangira tiyi ku India kunathandizira kutulutsa kwamphamvu kumayambiriro kwa nyengo yokolola ya 2021. Dera la Assam kumpoto kwa India, lomwe limayang'anira pafupifupi theka la tiyi wapachaka waku India, limatulutsa ma kgs 20.27 miliyoni pa Q1 2021, malinga ndi Indian Tea Board, kuyimira makgs 12.24 miliyoni (+ 66%) pachaka (yoy) wonjezani. Panali mantha kuti chilala chapafupi chikhoza kuchepetsa zokolola za 'first flush' ndi 10-15% zaka, koma mvula yamkuntho kuyambira pakati pa Marichi 2021 idathandizira kuthetsa nkhawazi.

Komabe, nkhawa zamtundu komanso kusokonekera kwa katundu komwe kudabwera chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwa milandu ya COVID-19 kudalemera kwambiri pakutumiza tiyi kumadera ena, komwe kudatsika kwakanthawi ndi matumba 4.69 miliyoni (-16.5%) mpaka matumba 23.6 miliyoni mu Q1 2021, malinga ndi magwero amsika. Zovuta zogwirira ntchito zidathandizira kukwera kwamitengo yamasamba pamsika wa Assam, womwe udakwera ndi INR 54.74/kg (+61%) yoy mu Marichi 2021 kufika INR 144.18/kg.

COVID-19 ikadali chiwopsezo chofunikira pakupereka tiyi waku India kudzera pakukolola kwachiwiri koyambira mu Meyi. Chiwerengero cha milandu yatsopano yotsimikizika tsiku ndi tsiku idakwera pafupifupi 400,000 kumapeto kwa Epulo 2021, kuchokera pansi pa 20,000 pafupifupi m'miyezi iwiri yoyambirira ya 2021, kuwonetsa ma protocol otetezeka. Kukolola tiyi ku India kumadalira kwambiri ntchito yamanja, zomwe zimakhudzidwa ndi kuchuluka kwa matenda. Indian Tea Board ikuyenera kutulutsa ziwerengero zopanga ndi kutumiza kunja kwa Epulo ndi Meyi 2021, ngakhale kuti zochulukira m'miyeziyi zikuyembekezeka kutsika ndi 10-15% yoy, malinga ndi omwe akuchita nawo gawo. Izi zimathandizidwa ndi deta ya Mintec yomwe ikuwonetsa mitengo ya tiyi pa malonda a tiyi ku Calcutta ku India ikukwera ndi 101% yoy ndi 42% mwezi-pa-mwezi mu Epulo 2021.