By Lydia Gichuki Kenya is now exporting around 20 per cent of its normal levels of flower exports, up from just 10 per cent in March, as improved access to air cargo services has combined with rising demand as Kenya’s main flower market of Europe begins to reopen non-essential shops, including florists, as well as …
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Investors and farmers are now pleading with the Government to pay back value added tax as it hinders expansion and growth of their flower farms. Despite the rosy performance of the sector last year, flower farms are claiming that the Government has delayed in paying back the VAT that has accumulated over the past 12 …
Kenya’s horticulture earnings increased by 33 per cent from Sh78.2bn to Sh104bn during the first eight months of 2018 compared to a similar period last year. The earnings have been buoyed by the rise in export of flowers from Sh55.6bn as from January to August 2017 to Sh76.9bn as from January to August 2018 according …
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Kenyan farmers are set to benefit big market for their produce in China following an agricultural export deal between the two countries which will allow the farmers export avocado, French beans, flowers, vegetables and peanuts to China. The deal comes in the backdrop of the first ever China International Import Expo (CIIE) being held in …
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Kenya’s horticulture earnings earned the country Sh56.23bn in the first four months of 2018 up from Sh40.57bn in a similar period last year according to the latest data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. In this, flower exports recorded a 40.41 per cent increase in sales to Sh42.59n up from Sh30.33n in 2017 while …
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Mash East Africa two weeks ago launched two refrigerated buses called ‘Laxa Refrigerated’ that will ferry perishable goods such as fruits, vegetables, mushrooms, flowers, fish, meat and dairy products to Mombasa, reducing the cost by approximately 88 per cent. This comes at a time when reports indicate that Mombasa has a thriving agro-based industry which …
Export of horticulture crops such as flowers, fruits and vegetables among others has earned Kenya Sh305bn in 2017 as compared to Sh216bn in the previous year translating to Sh89bn increase as spurred by compliance with the export market requirements by majority of exporters especially to the European Union (EU). In overal, the sales of horticultural …
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