The media learned about a possible rise in the price of tea due to a pandemic in India

Suppliers warned retailers about the impending rise in price of black tea by 12%. This was reported by Kommersant with reference to one of the major retailers.

According to the publication, the goods will rise due to the possible closure of large tea plantations in the Indian provinces of Assam and West Bengal against the backdrop of a difficult epidemiological situation in the region. The newspaper notes that retail prices are likely to rise by autumn, as the harvest takes place in the summer months.

In Roschaykofe, the publication was informed that in the event of a sharp rise in the price of tea, the association intends to turn to the Russian leadership with a proposal to reduce VAT for producers to 10%.

Earlier, the Financial Times wrote that the plantations of Assam and West Bengal were on the verge of closure due to mass infection of workers with CORONAVIRUS. A total of about 500 cases of covid-19 have been recorded in 90 tea plantations in the state of Assam, the country's leader in tea production, according to Indian authorities .