Kenya seeks two year extension of sugar imports limits

Kenya has requested a two year extension of sugar import limits from the regional trade bloc Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) to revamp its ailing sugar industry, agriculture minister said.

The arrangement limiting imports expired at the end of last month and officials say increased imports could smother the Kenyan sugar business, which is not competitive and has a number of loss-making companies that are struggling to stay afloat.