* Kenya exports to EAC rises over $1 billion in 2008
* But EAC imports to Kenya drop 2.3 percent to $162 million
Exports:
Kenya's minister for the East African Community Amason Jeffah Kingi said that the value of Kenya's exports in the EAC increased from 53.2 billion shillings in 2006 to 64.1 billion shillings in 2007 and 83.9 billion shillings ($1.08 billion) in 2008
Imports from other EAC countries:
Imports into Kenya fell 2.3 percent to 12.6 billion shillings ($161.5 million) in 2008 from 12.9 billion in 2007 and 6.1 billion in 2006, he said.
"In 2008 alone, Kenya's exports to the EAC accounted for 51 percent of Kenya's total exports to Africa," Kingi said.
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