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Kenya-UAE Trade Faces Pressure as Shipping Disruptions Reduce Export Volumes

Kenyan exports to the UAE have fallen to a 33-month low as shipping disruptions and higher insurance costs affect trade flows. Tea and horticultural shipments have been particularly impacted, despite the UAE remaining Kenya’s largest trading partner in the Gulf region.
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