Kenya shifts trade strategy as duty-free access to China boosts export opportunities

[00:00:00]Now, Kenya's shifting its trade strategy with China from importing goods to exporting more value-added products.

[00:00:06]Business leaders say new duty-free access to the Chinese market is creating fresh opportunities for Kenyan manufacturers, farmers, and exporters.

[00:00:14]The Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry says recent zero-tariff access for eligible Kenyan products into China presents a major opportunity for local businesses to expand into one of the world's largest markets. This was revealed during a briefing ahead of the Africa International Construction Machinery Expo conference slated from Wednesday this week.

[00:00:47]>> The opportunities which are there in Kenya, we form part of the global target from the Chinese market. So, what the companies we are we are targeting or the sectors, one is the agricultural sector, manufacturing, mining, logistics, and energy. All these are the target the the target sectors we are targeting so that our SMEs can benefit out of this. Our level compared with the with Chinese is very very very far.