News Kenya Imports: Meat, alcohol imports to cost more in EAC states
This means Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania will slap importers with higher tariffs on the affected goods. The levy to be imposed on imported finished products from non-member ...
News Kenya Imports: Kenya's trade deficit widens in 2021 on faster imports
NAIROBI May 6 Xinhua -- A faster rise in merchandise imports widened Kenya trade deficit from 9999 billion shillings 86 billion US dollars in 2020 to 1
News Kenya Imports: Kenya’s trade deficit hits Sh1.41tn as China remains king
•The Economic Survey 2022 unveiled yesterday shows the value of imports increased from Sh1.643 trillion in 2020 to Sh2.151 trillion last year. •This offset gains made in exports earnings which grew 15 ...
News Kenya Imports: Kenya Shilling Depreciates in April Amid Increased Dollar Demand from Oil, Merchandise Importers
A report by Cytonn Investments has found that the Kenya shilling depreciated by 0.7% against the US dollar in April 2022 Increased dollar demand from oil and merchandise importers was among the ...
News Kenya Imports: Kenya bans used bus imports, controls trucks in new rule
Import or export of used buses to Kenya from July 1 has been banned in the latest move by the government to protect and promote local assemblers. This comes amid tax incentives announced by National ...
News Kenya Imports: Tension as Kenya-Uganda chicken row continues
Chicken imports and exports between Kenya and Uganda have continued to put the two countries at loggerheads. Kenyan farmers are advocating for a total ban on Uganda chicken, according to a letter of ...
News Kenya Imports: Inside the burning issues as Kenya-US trade talks resume
Kenyan trade officials and their American counterparts resumed talks on a proposed free trade pact that holds the potential of boosting exports to the world’s largest market, but one that critics fear could expose local firms up to unfair competition from American companies.US trade officials jetted into the country on Sunday to iron out pending concerns by President Joe Biden’s administration that have delayed the deal. High on the worries of...
News Kenya Imports: Sri Lanka's first ever coco peat export to Kenya launched
Download logo The efforts of Sri Lanka and Kenya to increase economic activities between the two countries had received further momentum dur ...
News Kenya Imports: Sugar imports deplete Kenya’s duty-free quota
The Sugar Directorate says Kenya had by October imported 201,530 tonnes of sugar against the required 210,163 tonnes, equivalent to 96 percent of the allocated quota. The Treasury in March slashed by ...
News Kenya Imports: China dominant as Kenya's 10-month import bill rises to Sh1.7tr
China has continued to dominate as the leading import source for Kenya amid a widening overall trade deficit, wit the country remaining imports-dependent. This, as the value of imports picked in the ...
