Rwanda’s exports to her East African Community (EAC) partner states increased by 68.3 percent, from $14.38 million in the fourth quarter of 2010 to $24.19 million in the same quarter in 2011.
The figures are contained in a new report dubbed, ‘Rwanda External Trade Statistics Report’ by the National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR).
The overall exports to the region increased by 39.2 percent, to $76.8 million in 2011, compared to $55.2 million in 2010.
According to the report, Kenya was the main destination of Rwandan exports with a share of 78.5 percent of the total exports to the EAC region, followed by Burundi and Uganda, at 10.8 percent and 9.3 percent, respectively.
