Lack of awareness and trade barriers have restricted Kenyans to just 0.3 per cent of trade lines under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa), officials have said as the country seeks to grow its export.
Export Promotion Council chief executive officer Peter Biwott said Kenya is only able to export about 20 product lines against the total of 6,400 provided for under the initiative, 18 years since the trade window was opened.
“The biggest challenge is information. People need to know what the duty-free markets are, and what they can do to access the US market,” Mr Biwott told a meeting with exporters at a Nairobi hotel yesterday.
Agoa, first enacted in 2000 to grant the country and 40 other African states quota and duty-free access to the US market, is set to expire in 2025 following the 2015 extension.
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