Kenyan tea exporters are willing to pay eight times more to ship cargo to the United Kingdom by air because of backlogging and resulting schedule disruption at the Port of Mombasa.
Peter Kimanga, chairman of the East African nations Tea Buyers Association, has said producers dont have much of an option, other than flying out exports bound for the UK.
In 2024, the UK imported 57.44 million kilograms of Kenyan tea, placing it third behind Pakistan 206.27 million kg and Egypt 86.90 million kg.
