StatMeister wrote:
@kpoli, good view. but remember we compete with India and Sri Lanka, and our main buyer (Pakistan) CANNOT AND WILL NEVER buy from India / Sri Lanka, never mind the prices.
Actually, you are mistaken. There is a South Asian Trade treaty like EAC/COMESA.
SL does sell lots of tea to Pakistan but the cheaper type only. A lot of SL tea is sold as 'premium'.
India also sells to Pakistan. There may be 'problems' due to politics but there is trade in tea. Also lot of Indian tea goes by the back channels to Afghanistan then into Pakistan.
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