Munya, PS clash on Chinese avocado export quality rules

Kenyan officials are yet to take a common stand on the quality standards set by China for avocado exports amid reports indicating that only one in over 100 firms had met the requirements.

Whereas Industry and Trade Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya said negotiations were on with China to reverse the requirement that only frozen avocado be exported, Agriculture Principal Secretary Hamisi Boga said the rule should not be relaxed “in order to safeguard Kenya’s produce to that market.”