Ram-da, Why would lack of a wet port be a disadvantage for Assam - after all the tea is produced in the hills etc and transported outside anyway - without wet port.
Law and order might be bit of a problem - but honey will always attract the bees. where is the honey? Umesh Ram Sarangapani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: And I always thought this matter was settled, and tea was being auctioned at Guwahati, and the GTAC was operating in full swing. Highlights mine. --Ram ______________________________ Tea companies prefer Kolkata auction to Guwahati centre Guwahati (PTI): Major tea companies operating in Assam are reluctant to sell their produce through Guwahati Tea Auction Centre (GTAC) though Assam government had recently announced that it would be mandatory for all companies to route their sale through the auction centre here. A report prepared by consultancy firm Trenton Consultants has pointed out that *around 82 per cent of tea sold at the Kolkata Tea Auction Centre is produced in Assam and this has raised the hackles of the state government. * The tea industry is, however, *reluctant to reverse the trend as there are certain distinct advantages in Kolkata. * *"Companies will send tea to where they get good buyers irrespective of the place as this is business and they want to get the best price for their produce," says Secretary of Assam branch of the Indian Tea Association (ABITA) D Kakoty. * *The GTAC can handle only 150 million kgs of tea* and so the centre must first adopt a strategy to offer more tea to attract buyers to the centre, he said. Moreover, Kolkata has the advantage of a large and multi- dimensional market with most of the major tea companies having their headquarters and warehouses there. The GTAC, too, has certain advantages like it is located in the major tea producing belt but this is outweighed by disadvantages like prevailing law and order situation, pilferage and lack of a wet port, Kakoty said. _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ --------------------------------- Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Email. _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
