Kenyan specialty tea export drops 25pc as petrol prices collapse

A purple tea nursery in Kanjuri village, Nyeri County. PHOTO | JOSEPH KANYI

The value of specialty tea sold to the international market from Kenya dropped 12 per cent after a slump in the economies of major buying countries following low oil prices.

Statistics from the Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) indicate Kenya earned Sh202 million in the year to June compared to Sh231 realised in the previous financial year.

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