Kunaya kwemvura yakawandisa munzvimbo huru yekugadzira tii muIndia yakatsigira kubuda kwakasimba mukutanga kwemwaka wekukohwa wa2021. Dunhu reAssam rekuNorth India, rinotarisira inosvika hafu yegore rekubuda kwetii yeIndia, yakagadzira 20.27 miriyoni kgs panguva yeQ1 2021, sekureva kweIndia Tea Board, inomiririra 12.24 miriyoni kgs (+ 66%) gore-pa-gore (yoy) kuwedzera. Panga paine kutyirwa kuti kusanaya kwemvura kwaigona kuderedza goho rinopa mari ye'first flush' ne10-15%, asi kunaya kwemvura kubva pakati paKurume 2021 kwakabatsira kuderedza kushushikana uku.

Nekudaro, kushushikana kwemhando uye kukanganisa kwekutakura zvinhu kwakakonzerwa nekuwedzera kweCCIDID-19 nyaya dzakaremerwa nekutengesa tii kunze kwenyika, iyo yakadonha kwenguva nemabhegi 4.69 miriyoni (-16.5%) kusvika 23.6 miriyoni masaga muQ1 2021, sekureva kwemusika masosi. Iwo mabhodhoro ekugadzirisa akakonzera kukwira kwemitengo yemashizha paAssam auction, iyo yakawedzera neINR 54.74/kg (+ 61%) yoy munaKurume 2021 kusvika INR 144.18/kg.

COVID-19 inoramba iri kutyisidzira kwakakodzera kune yekuIndia tii kupihwa kuburikidza nechipiri chegoho rekutanga muna Chivabvu. Huwandu hwenyaya nyowani dzakasimbiswa dzezuva nezuva dzakakwira kusvika mazana mana ezviuru kusvika pakupera kwaKubvumbi 2021, kubva pasi pemakumi maviri nemazana maviri paavhareji mumwedzi miviri yekutanga ya2021, zvichiratidza kuzorora kwakachengeteka. Kukohwewa kwetii muIndia kunotsamira zvakanyanya pabasa remaoko, izvo zvinozokanganiswa nehuwandu hwehutachiona. Indian Tea Board haisati yaburitsa huwandu hwekugadzira uye kutumira kunze kwenyika muna Kubvumbi naMay 2021, kunyangwe zvakawedzera kuburitsa kwemwedzi iyi zvinotarisirwa kudonha ne10-15% yoy, sekureva kwevanobatanidzwa munharaunda. Izvi zvinotsigirwa neMintec data inoratidza avhareji yemitengo yetii kuIndia yeCalcutta tii auction ichikwira ne101% yoy uye 42% mwedzi-pa-mwedzi muna Kubvumbi 2021.