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Tea prices improve amidst low global supplies

A tea farmer on a farm in Murang'a County. [Kibata Kihu/Standard]

Tea prices at the Mombasa Auction have improved by about 30 percent in a span of two trading months since July 2020, gaining favourably from the worst prices last recorded since 2007.

The average price per kilo of made tea for KTDA-managed factories rose from USD1.87 to 2.49 (Sh202.7 to Sh270) during the last nine tea sales at the auction, between July 1 and September 1, 2020.

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