Critical Reasoning (CR) | Re: The climatic conditions needed for growing tea

Understanding the argument -
The climatic conditions needed for growing tea exist in only a few countries. - Fact
India is one of the few major producers of tea and exports tea to many tea-drinking countries. - Fact
This year, the production of tea in India has been significantly lower than that in the last ten years. - Fact
With just enough to satisfy domestic demand for tea, India will not be able to export any sizeable amount of tea. - Intermediate conclusion.
As a result, the tea prices on the international market are expected to increase - Conclusion

Option Elimination - Evaluate. To check the validity of the conclusion.

A.Whether the international demand for coffee, a close substitute for tea has increased? - Coffee is out of scope.

B.Whether the domestic demand for tea in many tea importing countries will decrease significantly? - If the demand decreases, then the prices may not increase.

C.Whether the production of tea in India was disturbed because of changes in climatic
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