Uganda boosts trade with Tanzania, DRC amid persistent tiffs with Kenya

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Goods trucks await clearance at the Uganda Tanzania border of Mutukula.

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Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo are slowly overtaking Kenya as the largest consumers of Ugandan merchandise, a new trend likely to adjust the usual trade tiffs between East African Community partner states.

The two largest East African Community partner states, by land size, are consuming more Ugandan products on a country-specific level, according to data from the Private Sector Foundation of Uganda (PSFU).