Investment

Tea Plantation (Orthodox type)

Location:	Eastern Development Region of Nepal
Product Capacity:	480 MT (Orthodox tea) per annum
Project Cost:	Fixed Investment	Rs. 80.6 million
	Working Capital	Rs. 1.9 million
	Total Project Cost	Rs. 82.5 million
Annual working days:	300 days
Market:	Foreign and Domestic
Major Input Requirement per annum:
i) Raw materials:	Tea chests and other packaging material have to be imported from India or from other countries.
ii) Utilities:	Electricity, telecommunications and water
iii) Others:	Firewood, Mobil and H.S.D
Technology/Process:	The basic process involved are withering, rolling and green leaf sifting, fermentation, firing/drying, sorting, grading and finally packing.
Employment:	71 nos. (Total)
Environmental Aspect:	Initial Environmental Examination (IEE) and Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) is not required for this project.