President William Ruto on Tuesday, May 13, 2025, met with Fuzhou Benny Tea Industries chairman Zhang Chaobin and discussed ways of increasing Kenyan tea in the Chinese market.
During the discussions, the Chinese investor agreed to the plans to set up tea factories in select tea-growing regions of the country to boost the consumption of Kenyan tea.
“Benny Tea Industries is looking at fulfilling their annual requirements of orthodox tea from the Kenyan market. The chairman also committed to investing in modern orthodox tea production factories in selected tea-growing counties, as well as improving the value addition of Kenya’s orthodox tea”, State House said in a statement.
They also mentioned that Kenya is seeking to strengthen bilateral trade with China by increasing the export of key commodities such as tea, coffee, avocado and macadamia nuts to the Chinese market.
Benny Industries is ranked among the top three companies in China’s tea production and retail supply chain.
It specialises in a variety of refined speciality teas.
