Harvesters collect fresh tea leaves at a tea farm near Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, on May 4, 2023. (Xinhua/Wang Guansen)
Kenya projects its exports to rise 15 percent to hit 1.01 trillion shillings (about 7.38 billion U.S. dollars) in 2023, up from 6.38 billion dollars recorded in 2022, a government official said Thursday.
NAIROBI, May 12 (Xinhua) -- Kenya projects its exports to rise 15 percent to hit 1.01 trillion shillings (about 7.38 billion U.S. dollars) in 2023, up from 6.38 billion dollars recorded in 2022, a government official said Thursday.
Peter Ochieng, acting director of research and innovation at the Kenya Export Promotion and Branding Agency, told Xinhua in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, that the increase will be driven by greater sales of agricultural products to the European Union and Britain.
Workers prepare roses at a flower farm in Nakuru County, Kenya, on Feb. 8, 2023. (Photo by Sheikh Maina/Xinhua)
"The ongoing favorable weather conditions will result in higher production of tea, coffee and horticultural products," Ochieng said on the sidelines of a forum on promoting Kenya as a global destination for outsourcing work.
He said Kenya has also discovered new export markets for its livestock products in the Middle East and Asia this year.
The country will also benefit from rising demand for Kenya's manufactured products in Africa, Ochieng said.
"This year we also expect to sell more manufactured products such as pharmaceuticals as well as construction materials to the Democratic Republic of the Congo," he added. ■