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Kenyan firms caught in tariff refund web after US court blow

Workers at the New Wide Garments Kenya EPZ Limited in Athi River, Machakos county on May 20, 2022. [File, Standard]

Kenyan manufacturers, especially those in the multi-billion-shilling apparel industry, are facing a difficult legal and administrative process to recover millions of dollars in import duties paid to the US Government. The President Donald Trump administration has indicated it may not return the money quickly.

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