Kenya's National AGOA Strategy

Currently , Kenya’s apparel firms compete internationally based on the largess of US trade policy makers and not on firm and country-level a...

Time is everything in cut flowers. Therefore, predictably, what the US does not grow itself, it imports from from its back yard, with just 2...

To view the strategy presentation given to the AGOA National Committee on May 29th click here: http://db.tt/ZuKJdtRl

Nut exporters to the US were not immediately responsive to the passage of AGOA, remaining at historic export levels until 2002/3. 2003 saw a...

The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) has boosted exponentially the United States’ trade with sub-Saharan Africa and remains the “...

Kenya’s textile  and apparel's industry struggles to remain competitive against its global rivals. This became clear when its sales drop...

Depsite great growth and product divsersification, the textile and apparel sector’s growth spurt was just that, a spurt. Within 3-4 years it...

A good article on AGOA and the 3rd party fabric provision by the Brookings Institution at: http :// www.brookings.edu/opinions/2012/0504_us_...

AGOA has led to impressive gains in Kenya’s trade with the US, particularly in the first few years after its launch. However, this growth ne...

AGOA’s impact on Kenya’s exports has been nothing short of impressive. Growing at an average of 2% a year before AGOA’s passage, Kenya’s exp...