The Indian Tea Board has rejected a proposal to allow imports of tea at a lower customs duty after the production dropped due to the coronavirus outbreak and auction prices increased sharply earlier this year.
Read MoreAgriculture has given the tea sector a month to get ready to start selling all local produce at the Mombasa auction as it starts implementing the Tea Act, 2020.
Read MoreNAIROBI, KENYA: Government has kicked off public participation on the draft tea regulations, 2021 and draft tea board regulations 2021 under the tea act 2020.
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Read MoreFor tea, agriculture experts and stakeholders have in the past questioned why the government used an arms-length approach.
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Read MoreThe prices at the weekly tea auction have been on a downward trend in the last couple of sales in what has been attributed to low demand of the commodity in the world market resulting from disruptions caused by Covid-19.
Read MoreSouth Indian Tea Market Report Week: 50
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