The weekly Mombasa Tea Auction held on the 5th, and 6th October 2020 had 8.7 million kilograms of tea offered for sale. The amount on offer decreased from 9.2 million kilograms offered in the same period last year, and 8.8 million kilograms offered in the previous sale.
Of all the tea offered for sale, 7.7 million kilograms were sold compared to 8.5 million kilograms sold in the same period in 2019, and 7.9 million kilograms sold in the previous sale.
The tea auction recorded a stagnation in prices from the previous sale, held on 28th, 29th and 30th September 2020, with a kilogram selling at an average price of $1.90. However, the sale recorded a decrease in prices from the same period last year where a kilogram sold at an average of $2.15.
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