Tea multinationals on brink of closure as costs stay high

Workers operate a tea picking machine at a plantation. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Multinational tea companies have warned of imminent closure if the high cost of production is not addressed, amid low prices of the commodity in a market where demand has been negatively affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.

The international firms said they cannot break even on tea that they are selling at the moment in the international market — with prices having remained below two dollars since January.

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