Motorcycle imports drop 77pc on higher prices, fuelling costs

Motorcycle imports

The number of new motorcycle purchases has slumped to the lowest level since 2008. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Motorcycle imports fell the sharpest last year as higher import costs resulted in a general decline in consumption of goods Kenyan consumers ordered from overseas.

According to the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics data, the number of imported motorcycles and cycles fitted with an auxiliary motor in nine months to September fell by 77.5 percent to 64,041 units from 285,459 units in a similar period in 2022.

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Note: The results are not exact but very close to the actual.