Kenya’s export earnings from UAE fall sharply

Staff pack tea for export at the Gold Crown Beverages Limited EPZ in Shimanzi, Mombasa County on January 3, 2023.

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Kenya’s exports earnings for goods sold to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) suffered their sharpest decline in years in 2025, knocking the Gulf nation from its position as Kenya’s leading export destination outside the East African Community (EAC).

This came in the year Kenya signed a trade deal aimed at deepening access to the UAE.

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