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Sudan lifts ban on Kenyan tea imports after 20 months

Sacco ReviewNovember 11, 202605 mins

Sudan has reopened a key market for Kenyan tea exporters after 20 months of restrictions. Millions of kilogrammes of tea destined for Sudan remained stranded in Mombasa warehouses. Renewed diplomatic engagement has also raised hopes of wider trade and transport links between the two countries. Sudan has lifted its ban on tea imports from Kenya,…

US tariffs threat risk Kenya- Iran tea trade

Sacco ReviewJanuary 13, 202604 mins

Kenya- Iran tea trade has been shaken following the US President Donald Trump’s threat to slap a 25 per cent tariff on any country trading with Iran. The country is set lose more as Tehran has been a prolific tea importer and a strategic security partner of Washington, in an awkward bind. “Effective immediately, any…