TEA NEWS

GOOD DEMAND AT IRREGULAR RATES

Cochin: Good demand; Coonoor: Fair demand;

India has pulled down the global black tea production in calendar 2020. “According to our compilation of the official data received from various countries

SELECTIVE DEMAND AT MOSTLY EASIER RATES

Nandi County has suffered a blow after a court quashed sections of the Finance Act 2019 that stops the devolved unit from collecting land rates and levy on tea that is plucked using machines.

Most sectors in Kenya registered a slump in their earnings in 2020, due to the effects of covid19.

GOOD DEMAND

Low prices and depressed demand impact Kenya’s tea sector - Limuru Tea issues profit warning - Despite Pandemic, Kenya’s Tea Export Earnings Jump 15% to KSh 130 Billion in 2020

STEADY DEMAND

•There was increased interest from Pakistan Packers Egyptian Packers and Bazaar. •Pakistan takes up 38 per cent of Kenya's tea exports.

GOOD DEMAND - SELECTIVELY STRONG ON QUALITY

- A court has suspended 14 sections of the Tea Act, 2020. • The law will allow the government to audit KTDA and its affiliate companies to establish how farmers' money is used. • Kenya Tea Sector Lobby chairperson Irungu Nyakera on Sunday said KTDA seeks to delay implementation of reforms through court cases.