Duty hurts Kenya’s flower export plan to China

A worker prepares flowers for export at a Naivasha farm. FILE PHOTO | NMG

A four per cent import duty levied on Kenyan flowers has slowed effort to develop an alternative market in China despite a direct aviation link between the two countries.

China, alongside Australia and Japan are among the key markets that Kenyan exporters have been looking to in their efforts to diversify beyond the European Union market.

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