Mitumba imports drop 76pc on ban


Business Daily | by Constant Munda

Kenyan traders shipped Sh1.22 billion second-hand clothing in the second quarter of the year when a temporary ban on the merchandise was in place, indicating the orders had already been processed.

The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) data shows 12,081 tonnes of mitumba were imported in the April-June period, a sharp drop of 76.06 percent compared with 50,486 tonnes in a similar period a year earlier.

Kenya Bureau of Standards (Kebs) imposed the importation ban late March in a bid to contain spread of the coronavirus…

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