Kenya’s Africa imports beat exports for first time

Workers at Rivatex East Africa Limited in Eldoret town, Uasin Gishu County FILE PHOTO | NMG

Kenya has for the first time bought more than she sold to African countries in the half-year period, signalling continued dwindling competitiveness of her products on the continent.

Trade deficit in Africa — the gap between imports and exports — stood at Sh156 million, marking the first time Nairobi has run a deficit since the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) started to publicly keep trade records in 1999.

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Note: The results are not exact but very close to the actual.