Coverage on Tea

Spotlight

Production to increase over the next 2 years

Domestic tea production is estimated to decline in 2010 by 2 per cent to 958 million kg, mainly due

to the pest attack on tea plantations in Assam during June to August 2010. Assuming normal

weather conditions, CRISIL Research expects production to increase over the next 2 years.

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Production

What has been the trend in tea production in the last few years? How is the tea production likely to move over the next 2 years?

Consumption

How is the domestic consumption of tea expected to grow over the next five years? What are the factors affecting tea consumption in the country?

Prices & Profitability

How are tea prices expected to move over the next 1 year? What is the likely impact of change in prices on profitability of players across the value

chain?

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Industry structure

What is the size of Indian tea industry? What are the different types of players in this industry?

Industry characteristics

Describe the seasonality of tea production in India How is the regional divide in terms of tea production in the country? What are the other characteristics of domestic tea industry?

Tea classification

What are the different ways of classification of tea?

Industry review Supply

What are the factors affecting tea production? How has tea production in the country moved over the years? What have been the trends in tea imports?

Demand

How has India's domestic tea demand grown historically? What have been the trends in India's export of tea? How has Indian's market share in the global tea market changed over the years?

Price

What has been the historical trend in tea prices? What are the interlinkages between demand, supply and prices of tea?

Costs

What are the major components of cost for the tea industry? How have the major costs moved over the years?

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Profitability

How has Indian tea industry's profitability moved over the years? What are the factors contributing to change in profitability?

Short-term review

What was the tea production in India during January 2011? What was the tea production in Sri Lanka and Kenya during January 2011?

Domestic branded tea market

What are the growth drivers of the packaged tea market? What are the major brands in packaged tea and what is their market share?

Government policy

What are the government policies regulating the tea industry? How do government policies impact the tea industry? How have the government policies pertaining to tea industry changed over the years?

Global scenario

Which are the major tea producing nations in the world? Which are the major tea exporting nations in the world? How have international tea prices moved over the years?

Key success factors

What are the key success factors for a player in the tea industry?

Manufacturing process

What are the steps involved in the production of tea?

Tea

layer Profiles

Mcleod Russel India Ltd

Warren Tea Ltd

Tata Global Beverages Ltd

Dhunseri Petrochem and Tea Ltd

Goodricke Group Ltd

Harrisons Malayalam

Hindustan Unilever Ltd

Jay Shree Tea and Inds

Parry Agro Inds Ltd

ata and Statistics

Industry overview

Players' finacial performance

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Value chain analysis

What are the various components of tea industry value chain? What would be the impact of tea prices on different segments in value chain?

Profitability of acquisitions

Why are Indian tea companies acquiring plantations abroad? What are the expected returns from these investments?

Regional analysis

How are the margins of South Indian tea plantations different from those in the North? What are the reasons for these differences? How different are the labour costs and social costs in the two regions?

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