Tanzania turns tables on Kenya as nine-month exports grow to $396m

Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu

Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu. PHOTO | FILE

Kenya’s imports from Tanzania exceeded exports by nearly a third in nine months through September 2021, fresh official statistics show, signaling thawing trade ties following regime change in Dar es Salaam.

Nairobi posted a goods trade deficit of $80.16 million, or 29.97 percent, with Dar es Salaam — the first over the review period going by publicly available data — after traders doubled orders from the south-neighbouring country.