Coffee has overtaken key cotton clothes like men’s suits and shorts to become the country’s leading export to the United States, even as the textile sector reels from the expiry of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa).
Coffee exports to the world’s largest economy surged by 83.50 percent in the first half of 2025 to Sh5.71 billion, latest data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) shows, up from Sh3.1 billion in the same period last year.
