North Eastern Tea Association has a large presence in Golaghat, Jorhat and Karbi Anglong districts. With 115 members, the organization has tea estates with factories, tea estates without factories (above 10.12 hectares) and bought leaf factories (BLFs) are under its membership fold. It is currently organized under 5 zonal divisions, with central zone in Golaghat, and other zonal offices in Dibrugarh, Jorhat etc. North Eastern Tea Association The North Eastern Tea Association (NETA) is an association of tea producers' headquartered at Golaghat, Upper-Assam in the state of Assam, India, and is a constituent member of the Joint Forum and the Consultative Committee of Plantation
Nilgiri tea After processing (which converts the green leaf into 'made tea'), most is sold through regularly scheduled auctions in Coonoor, Coimbatore and Kochi. More than 50% of Nilgiri tea is exported, and usually finds its way into blends used for tea bags. Data is unreliable on the precise proportion of Nilgiri tea that is actually exported. However, Neilson and Pritchard ("op cit") suggest that at least 70% of South Indian tea is exported, and the Nilgiris constitutes more than half of all South Indian production. The expensive hand-sorted, full-leaf versions of the tea like the Orange Pekoe (O.P.) are highly sought