Kenya's flower industry rebounds as lockdowns ease

  • 📰 Reuters
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 27 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 14%
  • Publisher: 97%

United States News News

United States United States Latest News,United States United States Headlines

Demand for Kenya's flowers has recovered to around 85% of pre-coronavirus levels as European markets open up after lockdowns, an industry body said, spurring hope that the industry could see a full rebound by next year.

NAIROBI - Demand for Kenya’s flowers has recovered to around 85% of pre-coronavirus levels as European markets open up after lockdowns, an industry body said, spurring hope that the industry could see a full rebound by next year.

But demand is coming back as restrictions ease and growers are hoping it will recover fully by next year, said Clement Tulezi, chief executive of the Kenya Flower Council. Kenyan farmer Inder Nain, whose company Xflora group used to export 350,000 roses a day, saw exports plunge to 50,000 a day in March. Now, that’s rebounded to about 250,000, he said, and his 2,000 employees are back at work.Flower exports are one of Kenya’s top three foreign exchange earners and generated nearly a billion dollars in sales in 2019.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.

Okay

People do not realise the importance of air freight to this high value added good to developing countries. The recommencement of normal scheduled flights is crucial.

shurufu So many people died from the virus so you need loads of flowers for the funerals, it must be a good business to be in...

Terrific, flowers make people happy.

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 2. in US

United States United States Latest News, United States United States Headlines