Sylhet Bureau :
Bangladesh Tea Board Chairman Major General Md. Ashraful Islam, NDC, PSC said that the production target of tea in 2024 is 108 million kilograms. The question is that six months of this year have passed, will we be able to reach the target of tea. The tea season usually starts from April. We are a bit behind in that regard. But hopefully I will be able to achieve the target.
He said these things to a question from the journalists at the ‘Open Day Tea Tasting Session- 2024’ held by the Bangladesh Tea Research Institute (BTRI) located in Srimangal, Moulvibazar on Saturday.
Director of Bangladesh Tea Research Institute Md. Ismail Hossain chaired and chief scientific officer Dr. Mohammad Shamim Al Mamun spoke here.
Bangladesh Tea Board Joint Secretary Mohammad Noorullah Noori conducted the session.
Project Development Unit Director Dr. A. K. M. Rafiqul Haque, Chief Operating Officer of Finlay Tea Company Tahsin Ahmed Chowdhury, General Manager of Finlay Tea Rental Division Golam Mohammad Shibli etc. The Tea Testing was attended by Chairman of various Valleys, Senior Planters of Tea Gardens, Managers of various Gardens, Assistant Managers including all tea scientists of BTRI and officials of PDU.
This year most of the garden teas were very satisfactory and of superior quality compared to other years.
The demand of our country is 95 million kg of tea; there we are producing 103 million kg of tea. For this I, as the Chairman of the Tea Board, thank all the planters and all those associated with the tea sector. Our aim is to export tea abroad to meet the needs of the country. For this reason, the theme of this year’s Tea Day was, “Tea Day Resolution – Export Oriented Tea Industry” You may know that Independence North tea used to export more abroad. Now with time, the demand for tea has increased both at home and abroad.