India's tea production in March fell 21 percent from a year earlier to 56.08 million kg as dry weather hurt production in the biggest producing north-eastern Assam state, the state-run Tea Board said. Assam produced 21 million kg of tea in March, down 37.4 percent from the year-earlier period, the board said in a statement. India, the world's second-biggest tea producer, exports CTC (crush-tear-curl) grade mainly to Egypt, Pakistan and the UK, and the orthodox variety to Iraq, Iran and Russia.

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