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Summary The FSNWG data shows Rwanda breweries imported 3,991 tonnes of sorghum from Uganda. Small scale cross-border traders complain they have not fully benefited from the reopening of the border. Previously most of the informal trade at the Gatuna-Katuna border was in foodstuff such as maize flour. Rwanda’s appetite for imports from Ugandan grew to […]
South Sudan’s Juba International Airport has the heaviest costs for travellers and transporters, showing just how pricing can be a barrier to movement in the East African region. A study on air transport ranks the Juba airport as the fourth most expensive in Africa in terms of passenger charges, just below Niamey, Monrovia and Bissau […]
Products from Malawi will soon find it easier to enter and compete in the international market following a move to support accreditation of the Malawi Bureau of Standards(MBS) by an internationally recognised standards accreditation body. This has been made possible with the EUR 50,000 funding from the Irish Embassy in Malawi through TradeMark Africa. Currently, […]
What you need to know: Dar es Salaam and Mombasa, East Africa’s largest and busiest ports, are in a renewed race to attract more business, with an eye on cargo going to and coming from the Democratic Republic of Congo, which is the East African Community’s newest member state Arusha. Dar es Salaam and Mombasa, […]
Kenya’s exports to Tanzania grew the sharpest among all East Africa Community (EAC) markets in the six months to June 2022. Kenya’s exports to Tanzania jumped the highest by 46% to KES 28.66 billion ($236.7 million) extending a good trade run between the pair amid ongoing elimination of non-tariff barriers. Kenya’s trade with Tanzania has […]
The UK has launched a scheme to cut tariffs on hundreds of products from some of the world’s poorest countries to try to boost trade links. The preferential terms, which come into effect early next year, will affect products ranging from food to textiles. Under the Developing Countries Trading Scheme, 99% of goods imported from […]
Competition between old and upcoming ports on the eastern African coast could signal better alternatives for importers who have struggled with inefficiency. A new report by logistics consultancy firm GBS Africa says that while veterans at the job such as the Port of Mombasa in Kenya and Dar es Salaam in Tanzania could face rough […]
International trade, however, has a huge part to play in keeping the UK’s florists stocked with fresh cut flowers. The second top import market to the UK for flowers is Kenya, which supplies just over 8 percent of British-sold flowers, or 10,000 tons, worth not far off £67 million. Cut flowers account for 25% of […]
International trade, however, has a huge part to play in keeping the UK’s florists stocked with fresh cut flowers. The second top import market to the UK for flowers is Kenya, which supplies just over 8 percent of British-sold flowers, or 10,000 tons, worth not far off £67 million. Cut flowers account for 25% of […]
IN the current fiscal year’s national budget, the Government has allocated 500bn/- for ports’ projects. Out of the total amount, 210bn/- was meant for purchasing new equipment. During her recent tour to the Dar es Salaam Port, President Samia Suluhu Hassan also promised to add 290bn/- more for purchasing more new equipment. The government’s move is […]
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