Most of the imported onions in Kenya come from China, according to an analysis of data from the Observatory Economic Complexity (OEC), which is run by the MIT Media Lab. Price battleThe numbers reveal that in the last seven years, China has been the leading exporter of onions to Kenya. In 2019, for instance, Kenya used a chunk of its foreign currency reserves to import onions valued at $4.5 million (Sh524.3 million). This made up 96 per cent of all the onions imported that year. And while Pakistan is still the leading exporter of rice to Kenya, China still brought in rice valued at $5.6 million (Sh571.2 million).

Source: Standard Digital June 15, 2021 18:51 UTC