The Hon. K.V. Samantha Viddyarathna
Responding to a supplementary question, the Minister provided monthly figures for January to May 2025 on refuse tea received and used by the instant CTC tea factory, which reprocesses refuse tea, along with instant tea output. He stated that receipts ranged from 533,333 kg to 758,700 kg per month, while instant tea production increased from 162,512 kg in January to 276,122 kg in May, with May usage including carryover stocks.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, with respect to the Hon. Member’s supplementary, the instant (CTC instant) tea factory is what reprocesses refuse tea. From January to May 2025, receipts of refuse tea to the instant tea factory and production are as follows:
¶ 02 - January: refuse tea received 758,700 kg; used for production 600,819 kg; instant tea produced 162,512 kg. - February: refuse tea received 533,333 kg; used 635,963 kg; instant tea produced 168,690 kg. - March: refuse tea received 634,173 kg; used 877,474 kg; instant tea produced 237,440 kg. - April: refuse tea received 541,684 kg; used 506,627 kg; instant tea produced 138,662 kg. - May: refuse tea received 741,505 kg; cumulative used (including carryover) 1,030,462 kg; instant tea produced 276,122 kg.
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Cite as: The Hon. K.V. Samantha Viddyarathna. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 8 July 2025. No. 1752482630017444. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/10868