Chai Trading Company Limited

Our Mission
“To provide high quality products and services within the tea supply chain for the benefit of all stakeholders”

Our Vision
“To be a world class organization in the provision of high quality tea products and logistics management”

Chai Trading Company Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary Company of Kenya Tea Development Agency Limited based in Mombasa. Our holding company KTDA Ltd is the is the Single largest producer of black tea made in the world. The company has two business units the Freight Division and the Trading Division.
The Freight division provides total Logistics solutions in consolidation, clearing and Forwarding, Shipping, Warehousing & distribution, NVOCC group age services, Multi-modal transport, project cargo handling and Airfreight services
The Trading division is engaged in buying and selling of teas of all origins from the Mombasa auction, KTDA Direct sales and other private factory offers. We trade in both straight-line teas and blended types.
We are on the path of steady growth as we broaden our customer base in the global market with appreciation of modern communication and equipment technology in service delivery. We have embraced value addition/new product innovation technologies in our strategy to foster market growth.

Our chore values are demonstrated in our passion for excellence with regard to customer satisfaction, commitment to quality assurance, timely delivery of services, high corporate integrity and ethical standards, flexibility and adaptability to change in the market trends with appreciation of modern technology in machinery and ICT.
With both the Freight and Trading division now merged as one entity, the overall company mission is to provide high quality products and services in tea value addition and freight forwarding for the benefit of stakeholders.

Core Values:
We are customer focused
We uphold high standards of ethical practices
We are socially responsible
We are an equal opportunity employer
We cherish working together as a team.

Business Perspective
a) Customers
To be a customer focused market leader in quality goods and services, price, market share and a range of high value tea products.
b) Process
To have in place efficient and effective Trading and management systems.
c) People
To be a committed and preferred equal opportunity employer embracing the best HR practices
d) Financial
To consistently increase return on investment for the benefit of our shareholders, employees and other stakeholders.

The head of management and the chief executive of the company limited is the Managing Director. Under him are two general managers and departmental heads.
The Chai Trading Company Ltd has 7 departments namely:
• Shipping Department
• Finance & Administration
• Procurement
• Warehousing
• Trading
• ICT

• Transport

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