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 UTA: Regional tea sales grow by 6.4 per cent Despite experiencing a prolonged dry spell, East Africa registered a 6.4 per cent increase in tea sales at the Mombasa auction.The auction report released shows the region exported 8.9 million kilogrammes, up from 8.3 million sold.Kenya recorded most sales. Out of the total tea exported, Kenya sold 7.2 million kilogrammes up from 6.3 million sold, representing a 12.5 per cent increase in sales.Uganda, which majorly exports her tea through Mombasa, ranked second with a 10.6 per cent increase in sales. The country sold 1.2 million kilogrammes up from 1 million sold. Read more ▪ UTA: Tea price rises from low on Egypt stability Relative stability in Egypt has helped reverse a drop in the price of tea, giving tea farmers and processors a reason to hope for the best.“Industry players and particularly the tea farmers cannot survive if the prices does not pick up fast,” Mr George William Sekitoleko, the executive secretary of Uganda Tea Association, said in an interview. Read more Lugogo Show Ground, KAMPALA |