African Tea Prices Decline at Auction in Kenya

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July 5 (Bloomberg) -- African tea prices fell for the first week in six at an auction in the Kenyan port city of Mombasa today, according to Tea Brokers East Africa Ltd.

Prices declined to an average of $2.76 per kilogram (2.2 pounds) from $2.78 a week earlier, the tea trader said in an e- mailed report.

--Editor: Gordon Bell

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