{"id":25303,"date":"2024-04-11T07:03:08","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T07:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/04\/11\/kenyan-flowers-to-be-exported-to-the-uk-tariff-free\/"},"modified":"2024-04-11T07:03:08","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T07:03:08","slug":"kenyan-flowers-to-be-exported-to-the-uk-tariff-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/kenyan-flowers-to-be-exported-to-the-uk-tariff-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenyan flowers to be exported to the UK tariff-free"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 11 \u2013 Kenyan flowers are set to be exported to the United Kingdom tariff-free from Thursday. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to the British High Commission, this will also apply to flowers transiting via a third country. <\/p>\n<p>The Commission stated that the move aims to increase trade and further strengthen the economic relationship between the UK and the region. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe UK\u2019s relationship with East Africa is rooted in mutually beneficial trade. This<br \/>additional flower power will allow trade to bloom. We go far when we go together\u2026<br \/>or in this case, we grow far when we grow together, further reinforcing the UK\u2019s<br \/>commitment to the expansion of trade in East Africa,\u201d the UK Trade Commissioner for Africa, John Humphrey said.<\/p>\n<p>The duty suspension will remain in place for two years from 11 April 2024 to<br \/>30 June 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The suspension of the 8% duty for cut flowers applies globally but significantly benefits major flower-growing regions like Kenya, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda.<\/p>\n<p>Kenya and Ethiopia are major players in the global cut flower market, with Kenya ranking fourth globally at 6 per cent and Ethiopia being the second-largest producer in Africa with 23 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>Trade values between the UK and East African countries in cut flowers have been significant, with the decision reinforcing the UK-Kenya Strategic Partnership and Economic Partnership Agreement, which save Kenyan exporters over Sh1.5 billion (\u00a310m) annually in duties on products like green beans and cut flowers.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 11 \u2013 Kenyan flowers are set to be exported to the United Kingdom tariff-free from Thursday. According to the British High Commission, this will also apply to flowers transiting via a third country. The Commission stated that the move aims to increase trade and further strengthen the economic relationship between the UK [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25303\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}