Exporters feel heat of EU retailers airfreight ‘ban’

Workers at Equator Flowers Farm in Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County pack flowers for export. FILE PHOTO | JARED NYATAYA | NMG

Fresh produce exporters in Kenya are staring at higher costs and delayed market access as retailers in the European Union (EU) step up bans on air freight to cut their carbon emissions.

Several giant retailers in the EU bloc, including Lidl have cut back on air freight to source stocks such as fresh fruit and vegetables for their stores—a measure aimed at reducing the carbon emissions associated with the transport of fresh produce.

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