Kenya's KAM asks trade ministry to seek a 15-year Agoa extension
Kenya's Trade Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria (L) and Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) chairman Rajan Shah (R) during the official opening of the 5th Edition of the KAM Summit and Expo at the KICC on November 1, 2022. PHOTO | DIANA NGILA | NMG
Kenyan manufacturers have asked the country’s trade ministry to request Washington to extend the existing duty- and quota-free access to the expansive US market window for another 15 years as the two countries prepare for talks over a long-term bilateral trade deal.
The Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM), the sector lobby, argues that uncertainty over the more than two-decade Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) deal, which expires in two years, is costing the country billions of shillings in potential investments.
