Mombasa auction shows CTC tea averaging $2.32 per kilogram during Monday sale

Monday 9th November 2026

By inAfrika Newsroom

The Mombasa tea auction recorded an average price of $2.32 per kilogram for CTC tea during trading on 9 November, with 5.52 million kilograms sold by 3:07 p.m. East Africa Time. The East African Tea Trade Association’s auction dashboard marked the sale as in progress, so the figures were provisional.

The previous sale, on 2 November, recorded an average price of $2.33 per kilogram and sales of 6.66 million kilograms. At the 26 October sale, 6.62 million kilograms sold at an average of $2.28 per kilogram. Both were completed weekly sales.

CTC stands for crush, tear and curl, the method used to process this tea. The association reports orthodox tea, which is processed differently, as a separate category. Its latest orthodox figures on Monday were for the 2 November sale, when 50,620 kilograms averaged $3.58 per kilogram.

The auction is a regional market based in Kenya. Its sales figures measure the tea traded through the auction and cover volumes offered by producers in multiple countries.

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