- Business
- Terai Tea Company Limited (TERAI.BO) manufactures and sells tea while trading agricultural merchandise in India. The company produces black tea and CTC tea at facilities including Bagdogra Tea Estate, Terai Tea Factory Unit, and Adhikari Tea Factory Unit; trades sugar, raw jute, yellow peas, and other commodities; and pursues real estate development. Incorporated in 1973 and headquartered in Agarwala House, Sevoke Road, Siliguri, West Bengal, Terai Tea operates primarily in North Bengal's Terai region with approximately 368 employees serving domestic markets.
The company maintains tea plantations spanning over 600 acres at Bagdogra Tea Estate, yielding around 5.16 million kilograms of made tea annually from owned and purchased leaves, supplemented by bought-leaf factories producing up to 25 million kilograms of CTC tea per unit. Additional operations encompass food processing, export of spices, cereals, and metals through group entities, alongside emerging real estate ventures in West Bengal. Associates and subsidiaries, such as East Indian Produce Ltd., Jaldacca Tea Plantations Pvt. Ltd., and Terai Retailors Private Limited, support diversified tea production, trading, and property development across the Terai Group.
In March 2024, Terai Tea establishes a wholly owned subsidiary, Terai Retailors Private Limited, to expand real estate activities in West Bengal. The company advances tea tourism initiatives, including a joint venture with Terai Tea Resorts Ltd. for a 99-year lease on up to 8.20 acres at Bagdogra Tea Estate under West Bengal's Tea Tourism Policy, negotiating with top hotel brands for equity participation and operations; a separate joint venture with Tryambakam Land Pvt. Ltd. develops a food court and shopping plaza on 0.83 acres nearby. Further, Terai Tea enters an amalgamation agreement with group companies for a commercial real estate project on 174 kathas at Sevoke Road, Siliguri, securing land use certification and preparing building plans; it also gains in-principle approval for a charitable hospital on 3.60 acres at Bagdogra under the same policy.