Kenyan mangoes to re-enter EU in September as fruit fly is suppressed



Kenyan Wall Street | by Jackson Okoth


Kenya will resume its mango exports to the European Union (EU) in September this year. This follows the EU’s tests, which showed low fruit fly infestation levels, allowing Kenya’s re-entry to Europe’s lucrative mango trade.

Kenya had gone into an eight-year-self imposed ban of mango shipments to Europe after a fruit fly outbreak.

During this period, Kenya has been exporting its mangoes to the Middle East, where prices are much lower than those in European markets…

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