Sri Lanka Crisis and Opportunities for Indian Tea & Textile Exporters
As per Sri Lanka Import Data, the country is the second largest exporter of tea in the world. Tea was the first most products exported in Sri Lanka. Also the country is exporting $5.42 billion worth of garments to the global markets annually. However with the crisis the country is facing it is not able to meet the demands of global tea and textile importers.
As per India Export Data, the country is witnessing the surge in demand of tea and textiles from all across the globe. The textile hub of Tirupur in Tamil Nadu and tea estates of southern India and Assam are witnessing a surge in overseas orders as the export demand has diverted to India from Sri Lanka owing to economic and political crisis in the island nation.
Garments and tea are the major exports from Sri Lanka. Due to ongoing crisis global brands have started diverting some of their orders from Sri Lanka to India’s Tirupur textile hub. These orders are being placed for the upcoming fall season.
As per the Latest Import Export Data, global brands like Zara, Mango and H&M place orders with Asian countries including India, Cambodia and Vietnam. Bangladesh, Vietnam and Cambodia have huge orders in their hands and so only option left in this scenario is India. Sri Lanka exports $5.42 billion worth of garments to the global markets annually.
While exports orders for apparel are being diverted to India, the tea industry in the country too has started getting export enquiries from the markets where Sri Lanka used to sell teas.
As almost all tea processing units in Sri Lanka are witnessing power cuts for almost 12 to 13 hours a day and have not enough fuel to run their generators. This is leading to production disruption and thereby impacting the quality of black tea leaves.
Sri Lanka produces authentic tea leaves that are exported to countries like Iraq, Iran, UAE, Libya, Russia and Turkey. India too produces authentic tea, which goes to Iran and Russia. Some of the orders of tea consuming nations are being diverted to India. This has resulted in surge for opportunities for tea and textile exports in India.
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