Cooked rice./COURTESY. Majority of Kenyans expect the price of bread, wheat and rice to increase even before the new taxes kick in next month according to a new Centra Bank of Kenya survey.

As a result, Kenya has to import rice to fill the gap, spending around $300 million annually. Ephantus Kimotho,...

Responding swiftly to the letter, the Kenyan government issued a special notification on May 31, 2024. It not only released 1,300 containers at zero tax but also granted Pakistani rice zero-rated ...

KARACHI: In a significant development for rice exports, Kenya has revised the Customs valuation of Pakistani rice... AIRLINK 152.50 Decreased By -0.14 (-0.09%) BOP 10.63 Increased By 0.28 (2.71%) ...

According to the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, annual rice consumption in Kenya is estimated to be over 1 million metric tons, while the production capacity is about 230,000 metric tons.

Kenya decided to reduce customs valuation of Pakistani rice by 25 percent with immediate effect, says in media reports. Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan’s (REAP) former Vice-Chairman Rafiq ...

In 2020, scientists from the Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service and the Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International (CABI, the parent organisation of SciDev.Net) conducted a study that ...

Under the barter arrangement, Kenya will import rice from Pakistan worth a given amount and export tea of the same value, then pay the money to the agency that would have participated.