Detergent from Kenya is loaded into a truck at the Namanga border crossing. Kenya’s exports to East Africa dropped by the largest margin in three years in the third quarter of 2016. PHOTO | FILE
Kenya’s exports to the region dropped by the largest margin in three years in the third quarter of last year, to $275.7 million from $380.3 million in the first nine months of 2015, new data shows.
All countries in the region, with the exception of the Democratic Republic of Congo, cut their uptake of imports from Kenya, according to a report from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics.