Saudi Arabia overtook China, India and the United Arabs Emirates (UAE) to become Kenya’s biggest single import market for the first time, underlining the weight of petroleum products in driving the country’s trade deficit.
Goods imported from the Middle East’s largest economy jumped nearly three times to Ksh32.27 billion ($231.82 million) in March on increased orders of diesel from Ksh8.44 billion ($60.63 million) a month earlier, data released by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics show.
