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Kenyan exports rise by Sh100b amid bumpy economic recovery

KEITT workers packaging avocados for export. [David Gichuru, Standard]

Trade between Kenya and other countries grew by Sh102 billion in the first quarter of the year, as the gradual reopening of the global economy lifted export earnings across several sectors.

Latest data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS), however, indicates that the gains were eroded by the high cost of several commodities that pushed up Kenya’s import bill by 12 per cent.

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