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SRIMANGAL (Sylhet), Feb 24: Bangladesh has produced record amount of 60 million kilogramnmes (kg) of tea last year. Tea production exceeded the target for the first time due to favourable weather, according to tea industry sources. The production target for the year 2005 was 57.50 million kg. The previous record of tea production was 59.50 million kg in 1998. Tea experts said the production would have been more if the sunlight was adequate in the month of August last year. Statistics showed that due to drought the tea production in three years in the 1990s and four years in the 1980s were severely hampered. Managers of the tea gardens said the production last year would have exceeded 95 million kg if there were no load-shedding. — BDNEWS
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