TABLE-India's Tata Tea 08/09 net slides 56 pct

June 10 (Reuters) - Twelve months ended March 31.

(Versus the same period a year earlier, in billion rupees
unless stated)

Net profit 8.32 vs 19.06

Net sales 48.48 vs 43.10

NOTE: Tata Tea Ltd (TTTE.BO), which owns the Tetley brand,
is the world's second-biggest packaged tea maker. The above
numbers are on a consolidated basis.

(Reporting by Prashant Mehra in MUMBAI; Editing by John
Mair)