Kenya's tea production declined by 6.4% last year due to poor climatic conditions, according to the Kenya Tea Board, who noted that output fell to 345.8 million kg, down from 369.6 kg million the previous year.

Dry weather conditions, lower rainfall, even frost all contributed to the decline in production in the first half of the year. Most tea producing countries, particularly in Africa, experienced lower production," the Tea Board said in a statement. However, Kenyan tea exports rose 10% to 383 million kg from the previous year's 345 million kg.