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Tea is made from the leaf of a tea plant. Its botanical name is
“CAMELLIA SINENSIS.”
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Tea Growing Countries
It is grown in many countries like Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh, Indonesia, China, Kenya,
Japan, Vietnam, Malawi, Tanzania, Mozambique, Argentina, Uganda, Iran, etc.
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Tea History of Sri Lanka
In Sri Lanka, tea was
first experimentally
grown by Mr. James
Taylor, a Scottish planter
in 1867 and
commercially planted by
him on
LOOLECONDERA Estate
of which the extent of
land was only 19 acres
in Deltota in the Kandy
region.
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Tea History of Sri Lanka
LOOLECONDERA ESTATE
LOOLECONDERA BUNGALOW
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Foreign Exchange Earnings
Sri Lanka’s
production in
2008 was
316 million kgs,
& Akbar shipped
over 13% of the
tea crop in 2008
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Tea Production for last 8 years
320
315
Million KGS
310
305
Series1
300
295
290
285
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
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Tea Cultivation
Sri Lanka tea is grown at three different
elevations
• Low grown teas
• Medium grown teas
• High grown teas
The high grown and medium grown teas
are divided into three main areas
• Dimbula Tea
• Nuwara Eliya Tea
• Uva Tea.
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Tea Production of Sri Lanka 2008
18%
22%
High Grown
Low Grown
Medium Grown
60%
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Tea Exports of Sri Lanka 2008
Russia
Country Qty (Kgs)
Russia 50,603,605 Others Russia
UAE 45,211,756 UAE
Iran 32,026,867
Iran
Syria 26,303,601
Turkey 15,294,344 Syria
Jordon 14,791,077 UAE Turkey
Ukraine 11,915,094 Jordon
Japan 10,705,657 Ukraine
Iraq 10,194,864 Japan
Kuwait 7,855,749 Kuwait
Iraq
Others 91,401,489 Iraq
Kuwait
316,304,103 Japan Iran Others
Ukraine
Jordon
Turkey Syria
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The 1st Member
of the Akbar
family
(Mr. Tyeablly
Shk.
Heptulabhoy) to
commence
trade in tea in
Sri Lanka
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1969
Mr. Akbarally Tyeabally
and
his 3 sons
relinquish their positions in the
Old family Co. & start
Akbar Brothers Ltd.
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Holding as their
guiding principals of
high quality at correct
price business propend
& soon Akbar Brothers
(Pvt) Ltd was among
the top tea exporting
co from Sri Lanka.
Akbar Brothers (Pvt) Ltd.
Head Office
Colombo - Sri Lanka
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QUICK TEA (PVT) LTD
Agents for
Tea Bagging Factory
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AKBAR PHARMACEUTICALS
Pharmaceutical companies
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Agents for
Importers & distributes for
food products
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36. Akbar Brothers (Pvt) Ltd
Owns and manages commercial properties
92000 Sq ft of Office Space
850 000 Sq ft of warehouse space
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Printing of flexible packing materials
No of Machines capacity
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Generation of Hydro power
ENERGY
RECLAMATION
(PVT) LTD
TERRAQUA
INTERNATIONAL
(PVT) LTD
BULUTHOTA
ENERGY
(PVT) LTD
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Dominance in Tea
In 1992 Akbar Brothers (Pvt) Ltd
Achieved the status of
Sri Lanka’s Largest Exporter
This is a position we have
held since then…a period of 18 years
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In 2008 Exported
Tea Packets - 20,789,396 Kgs
Bulk Teas - 17,045,974 Kgs
Tea Bags - 4,156,878 Kgs
Total - 42,039,416 Kgs
That is a volume of about 12
containers per day
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Tea Room
12 Full time Tea tasters tasting over 9000 lots
valued, grade & tasted each week
Mr. Joseph Sinniah
Senior Tea taster - Director
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Over 600,000 sqft of Production space
Tea Store & Packing Complex at Kelaniya
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NCE Exporters awards 1999-2000
Awards & Certificates
National Award for Exports Excellence 2003
International Brand of the Year 2005
International Brand of the Year 2006
Presidential Export Award 2006
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