Tea prices at auction rise marginally on declining supply

Tea traders at an auction. file photo | nmg

Tea prices at the Mombasa auction rose marginally in this week’s sale compared with the previous trading even as the volume continued on a downward trend.

A kilogramme of tea traded at Sh284 on average, up from last week’s Sh282. The volume offered for sale during the auction went down by 196,257 kilogrammes, marking the seventh time in a row that the quantity has been dipping.

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