Sri Lanka, Feb. 9 -- Due to the damage caused by cyclone Ditwah, Sri Lanka's world-famous tea stands the risk of losing foreign markets and other countries resorting to other suppliers, Colombo's Tea Traders Association's Chairman, Lushantha De Silva said.

The country's tea industry lost one million kilograms of production due to the destruction and that raised questions whether we could cope up to the world's demand.

"That will happen (losing foreign markets to an extent)," said De Silva.

"In the past if you look at maybe 15-20 years, we were the biggest exporters to Pakistan, Egypt, and the UK. But today we lost those countries, but we are still exporting 265 million kilos," he said.

"We will lose some, we will gain some," he added....