India imposes restrictions on Kenyan tea to protect its farmers

Workers pick tea leaves at a farm in Nyeri town on February 8, 2021. PHOTO | JOSEPH KANYI | NMG

India’s tea regulator has issued fresh rules to curb shipments of low-priced Kenyan tea into the Asian country to protect its farmers from loss of market, stoking fears of a trade spat between the two countries.

The Tea Board of India (TBIA) issued circulars to tea stockists on reporting about the quantity and quality of imports from Kenya to rein in shipments.

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