Kenyan exports to EAC countries rise by $160m

[MK254]

Kenya’s exports to the East African Community increased from Ksh140.4 billion ($1.28 billion) in 2019 to Ksh158.3 billion ($1.44 billion) in 2020. This accounted for 64.3 percent of the country’s total exports to Africa, data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics’ Economic Survey 2021 shows.

Uganda was the largest export destination for Kenyan goods, accounting for 29.3 percent of total exports to Africa. Export earnings from South Sudan almost doubled from Ksh12.6 billion ($114.6 million) in 2019 to Ksh23.2 billion ($211.1 million) in 2020, while exports to Rwanda went up by 8.8 percent.

Jointly, exports to Uganda, Rwanda and South Sudan amounted to Ksh120.6 billion ($1.09 billion) in 2020, a 20.8 percent growth from Ksh99.9 billion ($909 million) recorded in 2019. Trade with Ethiopia and Sudan also grew significantly by 32.4 percent and 42 percent, respectively in 2020, to bring Kenya’s export earnings from the two countries to Ksh17.7 billion ($161 million).

Kenya’s export earnings from the EAC went up by 12.7 percent to Ksh158.3 billion ($1.44 billion) in 2020 from Ksh140.4 billion ($1.28 billion) in 2019. The growth was witnessed despite a contraction of the East African Community real GDP by 0.2 percent in 2020 from a growth of 6.2 percent in 2019.

Pandemic’s contribution​

“Covid-19 affected the EAC in many ways vide negative effects on tourism earnings, falling commodity prices and waning financial flows, thereby worsening fiscal and current account balances. Also, disruptions in supply chains affected food production and trade distribution in the region,” the survey noted.


Inflation rose from four percent in 2019 to 4.5 percent in 2020, partly due to currency depreciation and increase in prices of imported food products. The current account deficit widened to 5.7 percent in 2020 from 5.2 percent recorded in 2019, partly attributed to low demand for exports and decline in remittances.

Tanzania’s real GDP grew by one percent in 2020, which was much slower compared with 7 percent in 2019. Rwanda’s economy contracted by 0.2 percent in 2020 compared with 9.4 percent growth in 2019, whereas Uganda’s economy is estimated to have contracted by 2.1 percent in 2020, after having grown by 6.7 percent in 2019. Uganda’s inflation rate stood at 3.8 percent in 2020 compared with 2.9 percent in 2019.

Kenya’s exports to Africa rose by 9.8 percent to Ksh246.1 billion ($2.24 billion) from Ksh224.2 billion ($2.04 billion) in 2019.

But while trade with its East African counterparts and the rest of Africa grew significantly in 2020, despite Covid-19 restrictions, the same could not be said about Kenya’s trade with other parts of the world.

The value of exports to America for instance decreased from Ksh56.1 billion ($510.7 million) in 2019 to Ksh52.3 billion ($475.7 million) in 2020. Specifically, export earnings to the US fell from Ksh51.9 billion ($472 million) in 2019 to Ksh49.4 billion ($449 million) in 2020.

Total value of exports to Asia increased only slightly from Ksh156 billion ($1.4 billion) in 2019 to Ksh157.6 billion ($1.43 billion) in 2020.

Kenyan exports to bloc rise by $160m

These accounted for 64pc of country’s total exports; Uganda was the largest export destination

www.theeastafrican.co.ke

 

[Kachengcheng]

🇰🇪✊💯🔥🔥Watasema Sjui ooh sjui za makaratasi ooh sjui Beberu😂🙈oooh sijui za kurokota🔥🔥🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

 

[Father of All]

🇰🇪✊💯🔥🔥Watasema Sjui ooh sjui za makaratasi ooh sjui Beberu😂🙈oooh sijui za kurokota🔥🔥🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Du kurokota ndo nini? Kenya ni koloni la Uingereza. Hivyo, anayeongoza si Kenya bali Uingereza. Uliza wenye hivyo viwanda ni akina nani kama siyo Waigereza wanaowatumikisha wakenya.

 

[Kachengcheng]

Du kurokota ndo nini? Kenya ni koloni la Uingereza. Hivyo, anayeongoza si Kenya bali Uingereza. Uliza wenye hivyo viwanda ni akina nani kama siyo Waigereza wanaowatumikisha wakenya.

nikikwita mujinga utakasirika🤣🤣🤣Do you know why Samia alituita tuje tuinvest na tufungue viwanda TZ🙈Mnatuitaga mabeberu why?😂Unathani Kenya Maviwanda Zote zinamilikiwa na Uingereza🚮🤣🤣🤣Kenya sio Tanzania ambapo Wahindi wamehanda Viwanda Zote TZ ,sawa braza🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

 

[Kachengcheng]

Du kurokota ndo nini? Kenya ni koloni la Uingereza. Hivyo, anayeongoza si Kenya bali Uingereza. Uliza wenye hivyo viwanda ni akina nani kama siyo Waigereza wanaowatumikisha wakenya.

Kenya Viwanda most tunamiliki Wakenya wenyewe sawa Kaka braza🤣🤣🤣we even give loans to the government🔥🔥🤣🤣🤣

 

[Father of All]

nikikwita mujinga utakasirika🤣🤣🤣Do you know why Samia alituita tuje tuinvest na tufungue viwanda TZ🙈Mnatuitaga mabeberu why?😂Unathani Kenya Maviwanda Zote zinamilikiwa na Uingereza🚮🤣🤣🤣Kenya sio Tanzania ambapo Wahindi wehanda Viwanda Zote TZ ,sawa braza🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Heri Tanzania Mtikila aliwatia adabu wahindi kuliko nyinyi mnaoramba matako yao. Mbona wahindi Kenya wanatesa kuliko Tz? Mwanangu, naijua Kenya. Nimekaa Lavington Valley Arcade miaka minne naijua Kenya vizuri kuliko wewe kama unaishi Kawangware au Muthurwa kama siyo Kanunganga au Mukuru kwa Njenga bila kusahau Kibera.

 

[MK254]

Du kurokota ndo nini? Kenya ni koloni la Uingereza. Hivyo, anayeongoza si Kenya bali Uingereza. Uliza wenye hivyo viwanda ni akina nani kama siyo Waigereza wanaowatumikisha wakenya.

Na nyie ni koloni letu sio? Kwenu hapo kila mtu anajichukulia....Wasouth, Wahindi, Wachina, Waarabu n.k.
Mna madini ya kumwaga lakini mpo maskni wa kutupwa, shamba la bibi mumeachia linachumwa na wote.

 

[Father of All]

Na nyie ni koloni letu sio? Kwenu hapo kila mtu anajichukulia....Wasouth, Wahindi, Wachina n.k.

Hapana, nyie ni kama fisi na mbweha wanaokimbia njaa porini tunawahifadhi. Hao wahindi na wasouth hawana tofauti nanyi. Wote ni scavengers tuliowahifadhi tukijihadhali sana. Wakenya hamji TZ kutawala bali mnakimbia njaa. Mnakuja kujifunza usafi wa roho na mwili kwetu. Nyie na kunguru toka India ni viumbe wa Mungu tunaowaonea huruma na kuwahifadhi. Umeelewa mwanangu? Hamjui hata kutawaza zaidi ya kuchamba kwa magazeti na kujipaka mavi huku mkichokoa pua zenu na kugusa chakula kama mbwa

 

[MK254]

Hapana, nyie ni kama fisi na mbweha wanaokimbia njaa porini tunawahifadhi. Hao wahindi na wasouth hawana tofauti nanyi. Wote ni scavengers tuliowahifadhi tukijihadhali sana. Wakenya hamji TZ kutawala bali mnakimbia njaa. Mnakuja kujifunza usafi wa roho na mwili kwetu. Nyie na kunguru toka India ni viumbe wa Mungu tunaowaonea huruma na kuwahifadhi. Umeelewa mwanangu? Hamjui hata kutawaza zaidi ya kuchamba kwa magazeti na kujipaka mavi huku mkichokoa pua zenu na kugusa chakula kama mbwa

Sisi hatuji kutawala tunakuja kujichukulia kama wafanyavyo Wahindi, Wasouth na Wachina huko, vitalu.....
Mlipiga makelele ooohhh makinikia ooh sijui vitu gani, leo bado mahesabu ni yale yale mnaliwa tu, ukuta sijui Merelani...nyie ni wale wale poleni.

 

[Father of All]

Sisi hatuji kutawala tunakuja kujichukulia kama wafanyavyo Wahindi, Wasouth na Wachina huko, vitalu.....
Mlipiga makelele ooohhh makinikia ooh sijui vitu gani, leo bado mahesabu ni yale yale mnaliwa tu, ukuta sijui Merelani...nyie ni wale wale poleni.

Mie nawapenda ila mnanuka mavi

 

[Kachengcheng]

🤣🤣🤣wacha ninyamaze tu🤐

 

[nomasana]

when he realized his perceptions don't fit reality he started hurling insults....Id tell him to go wash the albino blood from his hands but then that would not be an insult just reality

Mie nawapenda ila mnanuka mavi

 

[Magonjwa Mtambuka]

Hapana, nyie ni kama fisi na mbweha wanaokimbia njaa porini tunawahifadhi. Hao wahindi na wasouth hawana tofauti nanyi. Wote ni scavengers tuliowahifadhi tukijihadhali sana. Wakenya hamji TZ kutawala bali mnakimbia njaa. Mnakuja kujifunza usafi wa roho na mwili kwetu. Nyie na kunguru toka India ni viumbe wa Mungu tunaowaonea huruma na kuwahifadhi. Umeelewa mwanangu? Hamjui hata kutawaza zaidi ya kuchamba kwa magazeti na kujipaka mavi huku mkichokoa pua zenu na kugusa chakula kama mbwa

Duh afadhali umewaeleza hawa nyan'gau bila chenga.

 

[Father of All]

Duh afadhali umewaeleza hawa nyan'gau bila chenga.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 yeah hakuna haja ya kufichana. Hawana maana wanapenda kujisifu wakati ni wachafu kama inzi na wachoyo kama fisi na wabinafsi kama chui

 

[Kachengcheng]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 yeah hakuna haja ya kufichana. Hawana maana wanapenda kujisifu wakati ni wachafu kama inzi na wachoyo kama fisi na wabinafsi kama chui

unathani wwe unashinda wengine matusi??😲ebu nianze Basi

 

[carter]

Napongeza jeshi la battle ya Tz Kwa vitasa wanavyorusha hakika dawa imewakolea hawa wakunya naona hadi watu wa takwimu wamefinya data za Tanzania kabisa.

Maana tungewahoji kuona wame export bidhaa gani Kuja Bongo. Sasa wakunya tuambieni mauzo ya Kuja Bongo yamepungua au yameongezeka? NBS wamekimbia na daftari ya takwimu za Tanzania.