Covid cuts EAC exports to Sh28bn

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Trucks pile up at Malaba border on September7. PHOTO | JARED NYATAYA | NMG

Kenya's exports to its five partners in the East African Community (EAC) bloc fell 15.83 percent in the second quarter of the year, largely reflecting impact of travel restrictions and reduced demand amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

Earnings from goods sold to Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, South Sudan and Burundi in the April-June 2020 period dropped to Sh28.83 billion from Sh34.25 billion a year earlier, latest data released by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) shows.

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