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Kenya tea earnings fall Sh1.3 billion as Covid-19 takes toll
Jul 13, 2020
Kenya’s earnings from tea in five months to May dropped by Sh1.3 billion as the sector suffered from effects of the Covid-19 that hit commodity trading in the world market.
The Tea Directorate said the demand of the beverage has been low in the review period, which also impacted negatively on price per kilo, having dropped to Sh223 from Sh238 in the corresponding period last year.
The directorate indicated that the volume of tea exported to the world market dropped by six million kilos in the first five months of the year, marking one of the sharpest drops in export volumes in the recent years.
“Access to most markets is still a challenge due to the impact of Covid-19 on commodity trading and distribution across the globe,” said the directorate.
“Some of the key destinations facing market access challenges include Egypt, UAE, Yemen, Afghanistan and Iran.”
Egypt is the second top buyer of the Kenyan tea with UAE, Yemen and Afghanistan falling within the top ten purchasers of the beverage.
Exports to Egypt in the review period dropped by 15 per cent to hit 38.7 million kilos from 45.5 million kilos in the corresponding period last year.
Afghanistan, which is a landlocked country, relies on Pakistan as a transit corridor for its imports but it was hit hard following the move by Islamabad to seal its borders to curb the spread of Covid-19, impacting negatively on tea imports.
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