See the trade initiative aimed at bridging Kenya's trade gap with China

This is accomplished by utilizing the business-to-business and business-to-consumer connections at exhibitions to reach out to China’s two industrial regions, Chongqing and Sichuan.

In an effort to make Kenya a preferred entry point to the African market, the governments of Kenya and China have underlined their cooperation to strengthen bilateral economic ties.

The trade imbalance between the two countries increased to $3.62 billion (Sh526.2 billion) in 2022 from $3.51 billion (Sh510.2 billion) the year before, according to data from the Central Bank of Kenya. “This was the highest goods trade deficit between the pair since $3.68 billion (Sh534.9 billion) in 2017,” CBK says.