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Coffee earnings drop to Sh13b due to low price

An old woman sorts out coffee cherry after delivered at Gacathe Coffee Factory in Nyeri. [Photo:Kibata Kihu/Standard ,

The value of Kenya’s coffee exports fell in the first six months of this year as traders hoarded the produce after the global market tumbled, new data shows.

However, exports of tea and horticultural produce picked up, according to data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics.

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