Internal tax reform and production restraint seen as key to halting Kenyan tea price declines In the face of declining earnings at the Mombasa tea auctions (which in June 2014 reached levels 17% below those prevailing in June 2013), Kenyan t... 25/07/2014
Kenya looking to introduce new tea production processes to facilitate market diversification In order to target new markets in the Far East, the Kenya Tea Development Agency Ltd (KTDA), a private company providing management services to sma... 07/06/2014
Calls for Kenyan government action to address falling tea prices Press reports in November 2013 showed increasing concerns in Kenya’s tea sector following 7 months of falling prices for Kenyan tea, with anxieties... 26/01/2014
CBI highlights trends and opportunities for tea, coffee and cocoa exporters Analysis from the Centre for the Promotion of Imports from developing countries (CBI), an agency of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, su... 12/01/2014
Executive Brief Update 2013: Tea sector 1. Background and key issuesAlthough China and India are the leading global tea producers, Kenya is... 17/12/2013
New tea sector investment goes ahead in Tanzania while Kenya tea sector is deregulated According to a corporate press release, “Unilever and the government of Tanzania have agreed to establish an ambitious partnership to reinvigorate... 26/10/2013
Tea market price falls raise supply chain issues in Kenya In April 2013, it was reported that Kenyan tea prices had fallen by US$0.5/kg since the start of 2013. This was attributed to a combination of incr... 19/08/2013
Legal and regulatory constraints on GI protection illustrated Given that the rooibos industry in South Africa “has an estimated R600 million turnover [€48.8m] and employs 4,500 people”, there is some confusion... 03/06/2013
French company seeks trademark rights for rooibos tea, as EU use of GIs expands According to press reports, in February 2013 the South African government began to take action in response to efforts in 2012 by a French company t... 12/05/2013
Kenya finding its market share in a demanding world tea market An interview with Mrs Sicily Kariuki, Managing Director of the Tea Board of Kenya Sicily K. Kariuki is Managing Director of the Tea Board of Kenya, the organisation responsible for promoting and regulating the tea industry i... 28/04/2013