Sri Lanka, April 23 -- According to the latest tea industry data, Sri Lanka's tea production recorded a notable decline in March 2026, reflecting ongoing pressures on the island's key export sector, owing to the tense situation in the Middle East region, which is country's main tea export market.Sri Lanka exports

Total tea output for the month stood at 20.90 million kilograms, marking a sharp decrease of 3.53 million kilograms, or 14.46%, compared to 24.43 million kilograms produced in March 2025. The decline was observed across all elevation categories as high, medium, and low grown indicating broad-based weakness in production, in accordance with the latest tea industry date compiled by Forbes & Walker Research.

Despite the year-on-ye...