Tea (average of 3 auctions)
2.85US$/kg▼ 2.1% vs Aug 2026
Latest observation Sept 2026
- Latest
- 2.85
- Change
- +176.7%
- Year on year
- −3.1%
- High
- 3.37 Aug 2022
- Low
- 0.71 Nov 1972
- Average
- 1.84
- Volatility
- 21.6%
Tea (average of 3 auctions) is 2.85 US$/kg (Sept 2026), 176.7% higher than in Jan 1960. Over the last year: −3.1%.
What is this?
The world market price of tea (average of 3 auctions) (US$/kg).
Grown in Zambézia (Gurué); a small export.
How to read it
Higher means the commodity sells for more on world markets.
Unit: US$/kg.
Measure: Global benchmark price.
What does the data say?
Tea (average of 3 auctions) is 2.85 US$/kg (Sept 2026), 176.7% higher than in Jan 1960. Over the last year: −3.1%.
Over all 801 observations since Jan 1960, the highest was 3.37 (Aug 2022) and the lowest 0.71 (Nov 1972).
Why does it matter?
- Households: Affects local prices only where Mozambique imports the product.
- Businesses: Exporters earn more when world prices rise; importers pay more.
- Government: Royalties and export taxes move with world prices.
- Investors: Commodity exposure of Mozambique's exports.
- Mobile money: Indirect; mainly through incomes in producing regions.
Observed facts are above; these are possible implications, not measured effects.
What should I watch?
Data source
- Source
- World Bank Commodity Price Data (The Pink Sheet)
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Observations
- 801 (Jan 1960 – Sept 2026)
- Source published
- 2026-10-02
- Last retrieved
- 2026-10-17
- Method
- Monthly average in nominal US dollars. Column "Tea, avg 3 auctions" ($/kg).
- Limitations
- A world market price, not the price Mozambican producers or exporters actually receive, nor the export unit value in customs data.
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