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Kenyan exports to Netherlands double on stronger trade ties

Mining CS Salim Mvuyra (centre ) with Netherlands Deputy Ambassador to Kenya Joris van Bomme (right ) and Andre van Ommeren, the head of Netherlands Enterprise Agency. [Courtesy]

Kenyan exports to the Netherlands have more than doubled over the past 10 years to stand at Sh70 billion in 2022 as Nairobi diversifies products to key export markets.

According to Dutch Ambassador to Kenya Maarten Brouwer, his country is now the second-largest destination of Kenyan exports in the world and the largest in Europe with over EUR300 million (Sh47 billion) worth of flowers and EUR46.2 million (Sh7 billion) worth of avocados.

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