Kenya's tea output predicted to grow in 2010
Tea Board of Kenya predicts a more than fifteen percent growth for the country's tea output in 2010. Kenya has seen earnings from tea rise to $896 million in 2009 after prices climbed due to a global deficit caused by dry weather. It produced 315 million kilograms of tea in 2009, down from 345 million in the previous year. The East African nation is the largest grower and one of the leading exporters of black tea, which is an important source of foreign exchange in the region's largest economy.