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Those Women’s Hands are Now Equipped & Skilled with Technology – By Nisal Rukshan Sri Lanka as an island nation always maintains its economy with export-based products including textiles, agricultural products gems and more. When it comes to the industry of tea in Ceylon(under British rule)  it goes for the history of 200 years. The 1st shipment of Ceylon tea was 10 kilograms in  1873 from the  Loolecondera estate (1st tea estate in Sri Lanka) to London. Now the export of Ceylon tea is the  2nd largest industry after the textile industry. According to the Export Development Board data (2023), Sri Lanka earned  USS Million 1309.89 in foreign revenue with Ceylon Tea exports. As an average, it is 11.26% of the total merchandise exports in 2023.   Even though Ceylon tea dominates the world market with high-calibre exports, it competes with China, India and Kenya to garb the market. Mid of ...