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Circular No. 105/2014-15 6th January 2015

TO : ALL TEA COMPANIES

Tea Delegation to Russia over 10 th to 15 th February 2015

Tea Board has proposed to organize a delegation to Russia - & St Petersburg - in conjunction with the PRODEXPO exhibition over 10 th to 15 th February, 2015 under the guidance of the Board’s Moscow office. Tea Board has proposed the following Tentative Programme :

Date Tentative Programme

9th February (Mon) Arrival at Moscow 10 th February (Tue) First half Visit to Prodexpo 2015. Second half Seminar /Meeting with Rusteacoffee, Representatives of Tea Industry. Briefing with Ambassador of , BSM, Get together Dinner 11 th February Meeting with Rospatent, Dept of Agriculture, Customs Authorities. Part of (Wed) delegation meeting with individual companies. Proceed to St Petersburg 12 th February Visit to Orimi Trade , Rubin tea and Zao Classic in St Petersburg. (Thur) Road Show / Public Tasting / Sampling of Indian tea in a Mall or Morai Chai net Work Shops 13 th February (Fri) Return to Moscow and meeting with Moscow based companies viz Mai Co. Nadin, Riston, Ahamed Tea 14 th February (Sat) Valentine's Day with India tea. Public Tea Tasting Programme and Cultural Programme at Ethanomir or in a prominent public place or restaurant 15 th February (Sun) Return to India

Members, who wish to participate at the delegation, are advised to send their nominations and passport copies (scan copies of the 1 st & last two pages) to –

1. Dr. C.T. Sakkeer Hussain, Director Tea Promotion, Tea Board of India, 4 Vorontsovo Polye, Embassy of India Moscow, Moscow -105064. Ph +7( 495)-917 1657, M: +79653862273. Email: [email protected], [email protected] with a copy to :

2. Mr Satrajit Banerjee, Dy Director of Tea Promotion, Tea Board of India, Kolkata, Tel: +91 33 22341728; M: +919748148094. Email : [email protected].

As the Visa processing for Russia visit takes time, interested members are requested to send the above information & documents to Tea Board immediately under intimation to ITA.

S Patra Addl Secretary

Copy: 1. Dr. C.T. Sakkeer Hussain, Director Tea Promotion, Tea Board of India, Moscow. Email: [email protected] ,[email protected]. 2. Mr Satrajit Banerjee, Dy Director of Tea Promotion, Tea Board of India, Kolkata. Email: [email protected]. 3. Export Promotion & Marketing Sub Committee