Apr 12 2024
Boost For East African Flower Growers as UK Suspends Export Tariffs for Two Years
Photo Courtesy of Citizen Digital News
The United Kingdom (UK) has temporarily removed export tariffs for cut flowers, to streamline trade relationships between East Africa and the UK.
In a statement on Thursday, the UK stated that the suspension of 8% duty for cut flowers will be a big win for major flower-growing regions in Kenya, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda but it also applies across the world. Growers can now export an unlimited quantity of flowers at a 0% tariff "even if they transit via a third country" as from April 11, 2024, to June 30, 2026.