Recent studies have shown that Kenya is now Africa's largest importer of second hand clothes. This could also suggest that the government has lost significant revenues due to misinvoicing.
Latest Data by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) shows that Kenya imported used clothes and textiles valued Sh38.5 billion (298 million usd in 2023) overtaking Nigeria. In the same period, Kenya had one of the largest trade deficits in second hand trade.