Kenya expects big drop in output and exports amid drought
The Tea Board of Kenya has forecast a 25% decline in exports due to severe droughts. Foreign trade in Kenya, the biggest black tea exporter in the world, will likely amount to 330 million kilograms in 2011, compared with 441 million kilograms last year. The main cause was unseasonably dry weather in the beginning of the year. Kenya accounts for about a quarter of global tea exports. More than 70 percent of Kenyas tea is exported to five destinations including Egypt, the UK, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Sudan. Domestic consumption accounts for about 5 percent of total output.