Dar turns tables on Kenya as trade deficit hits Sh180 billion
Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan (right) speaks with her Kenyan counterpart, President Uhuru Kenyatta, at the State House in Dar es Salaam. Photo | State House
Imports from Tanzania jumped to KSh39.68 billion in January-September 2021 period from KSh19.67 billion a year earlier, provisional data from Kenya National Bureau of Statistics show.
Kenyan traders and factories largely source cereals, wood, edible vegetables, animal fodder, paper and paperboard from Tanzania