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How avocado exports to China are reshaping the sub-sector

Kakuzi staff team tagging packages for tracking at the Kakuzi PLC in Avocado farming and packaging for export in Thika on May 19, 2022. [David Gichuru, Standard]

Avocado is emerging as a key export crop and industry players are tipping it to become a key foreign exchange earner in the coming years. This is as local producers start making inroads in the non-traditional markets including China and India.

Kenyan farmers started exporting the fruit to China in September last year and a year later, the country made the first shipment to India.

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