Kenya buys 94pc of used vehicles from Japan

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Newly imported second-hand vehicles being offloaded from a Cargo Vessel at the Mombasa Port. FILE PHOTO | KEVIN ODIT | NMG

Japan accounted for 94.3 percent of the 62,495 used vehicles exported to Kenya in the 12 months to June 2023, official data shows, cementing the Asian country’s top vehicle brands’ stranglehold on the local commercial and private used car market.

A total of 58,972 units were shipped from Japan in the period, followed by the United Kingdom at 1,921 and Thailand at 1,061.

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