Market size has reached 800 million U.S. dollars China imports promote the rapid development of Kenya's flower industry

Market size has reached 800 million U.S. dollars China imports promote the rapid development of Kenya's flower industry

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Kenya's red Land rose (red Lands Roses) is diverse and colourful, with a wide variety of roses, such as bright red, light yellow and fine powder, carefully packaged and exported to other countries, and China is one of its biggest sales markets, CNN reported October 8.

Kenya is the world's fourth largest exporter of flowers, and in 2017 Kenya's flower industry was profitable by more than $800 million. Clement Tulezi, chief executive of the Kenya Flower Council, said Kenya Clement Toulezie 36,000 tonnes of flowers a day and that the Kenyan flower market was now in a good period of development.

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"We're doing business with Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou," said Irene Nkatha, Red Land rose Sales Manager. "Initially we nkata only once a week, and now we ship two to three times a week. A shorter distance makes it only a day for these flowers to reach Guangzhou, and two days to reach Beijing. "

' We chose to introduce Kenyan flowers into China, not only because of the variety of flowers they grow, including some that are not found in other areas, but also because Kenyan flowers have a longer survival period, ' said the flower department director of a Kenyan red land rose major import company in Guangzhou. He also said China's demand for flowers in Kenya is growing by 25% a year, and the company imported 2.5 million flowers from Kenya last year, with imports expected to double to 5 million this year.