This paper provides an overview of Kenya’s international trade, aiming to equip unions with insights for trade advocacy, particularly in their efforts to protect and promote labour rights within the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). It presents key demographic, macroeconomic, and labour market indicators and provides an analysis of international trade dynamics, highlighting trade contributions to revenue, balance of payments, main export destinations, import sources, and intra-African trade. The paper also examines export processing zone (EPZ) regime, industrial policies, and labour migration.
Kenya’s trade with other African countries is lower than its trade with the rest of the world.
