The latest edition of the World Bank’s Commodity Markets Outlook predicted it: in the wake of the coronavirus health crisis, tea selling prices have plummeted everywhere due to weak global demand. The latest figures from Kenya, the world’s largest exporter of black tea, confirm this. According to data released on 10 July by the Tea Directorate, Kenya’s regulator of the industry, revenue from domestic tea exports fell by 1.3 billion shillings (US$13 million) in the first five months of the year, as the negative impact of the coronavirus crisis resulted in a drop in the average price per kilogram compared to the same period last year (from 238 shillings to 223 shillings). As for the volumes sold, between January and May, the country sold six million kilos less than during the same period in 2019, the Kenyan public agency said.