NAIROBI: Between 6,000 and 8,000 tonnes of tea, worth around $24 million, is stuck at Kenya’s port of Mombasa because of the war in the Middle East, trade officials said.
The East African Tea Trade Association manages auctions at the port city, which serves as a global marketplace where hundreds of thousands
of tonnes of tea from the region are sold every year.
Around 65 percent of the East African tea market has been affected by the war that began on Feb. 28, association director George Omuga said.
As a result, “six to eight million kg” are stuck in Mombasa, he said.
