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Mazao ya maua na matunda yameiletea Kenya mapato ya bilioni 104Kshs na inategemewa yataongezeka sasa ambapo tuna usafiri wa moja kwa moja kwenda USA.
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Horticulture export earnings rose by a third to hit Sh104 billion in the first eight months of 2018 compared to Sh78.2 billion earned during a similar period last year.
Much of the growth was led by a rise in flower exports, whose earnings are forecast to grow further after Kenya Airways late last month began direct flights to New York.
Latest data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics shows that flower exports brought in Sh76.9 billion from sales of 105.3 million metric tonnes in the period, a 38 percent rise from the Sh55.6 billion earned up to August 2017.
VEGETABLE EARNINGS
Vegetables earnings rose by 9.6 percent to Sh16.9 billion, from 50,000 tonnes sold in the period. In a similar period last year, vegetable exporters earned Sh8.7 billion from 57,000 tonnes sold.
The country also earned Sh10.1 billion from 61,500 tonnes of fruit exports, with this category recording the highest rate of growth at 41 percent compared to the Sh7.2 billion earned in the eight months to August 2017.
Horticulture earnings hit Sh104bn in eight months
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Horticulture export earnings rose by a third to hit Sh104 billion in the first eight months of 2018 compared to Sh78.2 billion earned during a similar period last year.
Much of the growth was led by a rise in flower exports, whose earnings are forecast to grow further after Kenya Airways late last month began direct flights to New York.
Latest data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics shows that flower exports brought in Sh76.9 billion from sales of 105.3 million metric tonnes in the period, a 38 percent rise from the Sh55.6 billion earned up to August 2017.
VEGETABLE EARNINGS
Vegetables earnings rose by 9.6 percent to Sh16.9 billion, from 50,000 tonnes sold in the period. In a similar period last year, vegetable exporters earned Sh8.7 billion from 57,000 tonnes sold.
The country also earned Sh10.1 billion from 61,500 tonnes of fruit exports, with this category recording the highest rate of growth at 41 percent compared to the Sh7.2 billion earned in the eight months to August 2017.
Horticulture earnings hit Sh104bn in eight months