Boost for Kenya tea exporters as Tanzania lifts imports ban

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A tea picker at a farm in Bomet County, Kenya on September 7, 2023. PHOTO | BONIFACE MWANGI | NMG

Tanzania has reversed its decision to suspend imports of tea, presenting a window for Kenyan traders to resume exports to the neighbouring country.

In a memo on Wednesday, the Tea Board of Tanzania, the regulator of the country’s tea sector, said it would resume issuing import licences.