Tea Market Intelligence Resource Centre

Sri Lanka will be supporting a state-of-the-art Tea Market Intelligence Resource Centre set-up by The Plantation Development Project under the Ministry of Plantation Industries. Its purpose will be to benefit tea manufacturers and exporters by collecting and analyzing data on the tea industry.

The Sri Lankan Tea Industry is a large industry and they are becoming increasingly aware of consumer needs and how this varies in different countries throughout the world.

The Ministry has said that there are 5 main functions of the Tea Intelligence Centre:
1) To produce and maintain a worldwide database on tea production, marketing and sales.
2) To publish their findings on the above
3) To keep the media informed about the status of the tea industry
4) To warn of advanced problems in the tea industry
5) To provide documented information for use during research and matters relating to the tea industry.