Tea plantation in Sri Lanka

Tea production in Sri Lanka, formerly Ceylon, is of great importance for the economy and the global market. The country is the fourth largest producer of tea industry is one of the country's main sources of foreign exchange and an important source of income for workers, tea accounting for 15% of GDP, generates about 700 million dollars. In 1995, Sri Lanka was the world's largest exporter of tea (instead of the producer), with 23% of world exports, but has since been overtaken by Kenya. The tea industry employs, directly or indirectly, more than 1 million people in Sri Lanka, and in 1995, directly employing 215,338 in tea plantations and haciendas. Humidity, low temperatures and precipitation in the central highlands of the country, creates a climate that encourages the production of high quality tea. The industry has brought to the country in 1867 by James Taylor, British settlers arrived in 1852.