Kenya: Avocado Exports Climaxed 16,000 Metric Tons in the First 8 Months of 2024

By Abdul Rahman Bangura-

NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone– Kenya’s avocado exports has been enlisted 16,000 metric tons in the first eight months of 2024, compared to 14,000 metric tons in 2023, a certain trade association remarked on past Friday.

Hosea Machuki, Chief Executive Officer of the Fresh Produce Exporters Association of Kenya, said the export advancement was qualified to the increasing land under cultivation by growers seeking to tap into the lucrative horticultural trade.

“We expect to export 17,000 metric tons by the end of the year,” Machuki expressed during a day-long workshop in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya.

According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, Kenyan agriculturalists primarily cultivate Fuerte, Hass, Pinkerton and Jumbo avocado varieties.

Machuki added, that vital export destinations include the European Union and the United Arab Emirates, with China emerging as a new market.

New Africa Daily News Abdul Rahman Bangura Reports, Africa Correspondent