Imvula ephezulu kuwo wonke ummandla waseIndiya wemveliso yeti ixhase imveliso eyomeleleyo ekuqaleni kwexesha lokuvuna lika-2021. Ummandla wase-Assam waseMantla eIndiya, ojongene nesiqingatha sonyaka wemveliso yeti yaseIndiya, uvelise i-20.27 yezigidi zeekhilogram ngexesha le-Q1 ka-2021, ngokweBhodi yeTea yaseIndiya, emele i-12.24 yezigidi zeekhilogram (+66%) unyaka nonyaka (yoy) Nyusa. Bekukho uloyiko lokuba imbalela yendawo ingacutha isivuno 'sokuqala' esinengeniso nge-10-15% yeminyaka, kodwa izandyondyo zemvula ezisuka phakathi kuMatshi ka-2021 zincede ukuthomalalisa ezi nkxalabo.

Nangona kunjalo, iinkxalabo zomgangatho kunye nokuphazamiseka kwempahla okubangelwa kukwanda kwamatyala e-COVID-19 anobunzima bokuthunyelwa kweti kumazwe angaphandle, eyehle okwethutyana ngeengxowa ezizizigidi ezi-4.69 (-16.5%) ukuya kwi-23.6 yezigidi zeengxowa kwi-Q1 2021, ngokwemithombo yentengiso. Iibhotile zolungiselelo zibe negalelo ekunyukeni kwamaxabiso amagqabi kwifandesi yase-Assam, enyuke nge-INR 54.74/kg (+61%) yoy ngoMatshi ka-2021 ukuya kwi-INR 144.18/kg.

I-COVID-19 ihlala isisoyikiso esifanelekileyo ekuboneleleni ngeti yaseIndiya ngesivuno sesibini sokugungxulwa ukuqala ngoMeyi. Inani lamatyala amatsha aqinisekisiweyo emihla ngemihla lenyuke laya kutsho kuma-400,000 ngasekupheleni kuka-Epreli ka-2021, ukusuka ngaphantsi kwama-20,000 ngokomndilili kwiinyanga ezimbini zokuqala zika-2021, ebonisa iiprothokholi zokhuseleko eziyekelelwe ngakumbi. Ukuvunwa kweti yaseIndiya kuxhomekeke kakhulu kumsebenzi wezandla, okuya kuchatshazelwa ngamazinga aphezulu osulelo. Ibhodi yeTea yaseIndiya iseza kukhulula amanani emveliso kunye nokuthumela ngaphandle ngo-Epreli nangoMeyi ka-2021, nangona imveliso eyongezelelekileyo kwezi nyanga kulindeleke ukuba yehle nge-10-15% yoy, ngokutsho kwabachaphazelekayo basekhaya. Oku kuxhaswa yidatha yeMintec ebonisa amaxabiso eti aphakathi kwifandesi yeti yase-India yase-India enyuka nge-101% yeyoyi kunye ne-42% inyanga nenyanga ngo-Epreli ka-2021.