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Chinese imports near Sh400b mark

Standard Guage Railway (SGR) line locomotive engines being off-loaded from the MV Kota Bistari. [Photo by Gideon Maundu/Standard]

The value of goods that Kenya imported from India dipped for the third year in a row last year, giving way for further growth of Chinese imports.

Indian imports declined 17 per cent in the year to December to Sh170 billion compared to Sh205 billion in 2016.

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