{"id":76101,"date":"2019-03-27T03:39:30","date_gmt":"2019-03-27T01:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/?p=76101"},"modified":"2019-03-27T03:39:30","modified_gmt":"2019-03-27T01:39:30","slug":"malawi-earns-16-1-million-from-tea-in-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/2019\/03\/27\/malawi-earns-16-1-million-from-tea-in-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Malawi earns $16.1 million from tea in 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Taonga Sabola: <\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_74919\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-74919\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/tea.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-74919\" src=\"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/tea-300x134.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"134\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/tea-300x134.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/tea-768x342.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/tea.jpg 820w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-74919\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ONE OF MALAWI\u2019S CASH CROPS\u2014 Tea<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Malawi realised a total of $16.1 million from exports of one of the major cash crops, tea, in 2018, cumulative figures from the Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) have shown.<\/p>\n<p>The earnings were $1.6 million higher than the $14.5 million the crop fetched in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>With Malawi\u2019s import needs standing at about $230 million per month, the earnings from tea in 2018 could be enough to propel the economy for two days.<\/p>\n<p>The statistics show that, in the first quarter of 2018, tea prices averaged $1.86 per kilogramme (kg), further indicating that the country raised $4.3 million from the crop.<\/p>\n<p>In the second quarter, tea prices averaged $1.84 per kg and total realisation from tea sales through the Limbe Auction Market amounted to $7.2 million.<\/p>\n<p>In the third quarter, tea prices averaged $1.71 per kg and total realisation from tea sales through the Limbe Auction Market amounted to $2.2 million.<\/p>\n<p>In the fourth quarter of the year, tea prices averaged $1.54 per kg and total realisation in the quarter amounted to $2.4 million.<\/p>\n<p>Tea Association of Malawi Chief Executive Officer, Beyani Munthali, was not immediately available Tuesday to comment on the prospects on the crop.<\/p>\n<p>Malawi\u2019s tea industry dates back to 1891 when a Scottish planter named Henry Brown settled in the country after losing all of his coffee in Sri Lanka due to disease.<\/p>\n<p>Tea is largely grown by large commercial estates as well as smallholder farmers in Mulanje, Thyolo and Nkhata Bay.<\/p>\n<p>There are about 18,000 hectares of tea grown in Malawi.<\/p>\n<p>About half or 9,000 hectares are located in Thyolo, 6,220 hectares in Mulanje, and 650 hectares in Nkhata Bay located on the western shore of Lake Malawi.<\/p>\n<p>Malawi exports her tea to the United Kingdom, United States, South Africa, Canada, Pakistan and the Middle East.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Taonga Sabola: Malawi realised a total of $16.1 million from exports of one of the major cash crops, tea, in 2018, cumulative figures from the Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) have shown. The earnings were $1.6 million higher than the $14.5 million the crop fetched in 2017. 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