CommoditiesKenya heads for record tea harvest


15 September 1998


Commodities

  • Kenya heads for record tea harvest


    KENYA is heading for a record tea harvest after last years poor yield. The country produced 178 million kg of tea in the first seven months of 1998, 59% more than the same period last year.

    Tea is Kenyas biggest commodity export. Some 90% of its output is sold abroad.

    Other big tea producers are expecting record crops, although parts of central Africa, such as Malawi, had suffered from poor weather.

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