How Kenyan exporters beat Trump’s 10 percent tariff

Workers at the Export Processing Zone in Athi River where companies operate under the tariff-free zone. 

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Kenyan exporters ramped up apparel exports to the United States in the six months to the expiry of duty free access, blunting the short-term impact of the 10 percent tariff introduced by President Donald Trump.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has captured an increase in apparel exports from Kenya to the US between April and September last year, cushioning the firms in the four months of the stay of the tariffs.

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