{"id":2000123190,"date":"2026-08-20T16:42:45","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T14:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/?p=2000123190"},"modified":"2026-08-20T16:42:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T14:42:57","slug":"rwanda-earns-12-95m-from-agricultural-exports-in-five-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/rwanda-earns-12-95m-from-agricultural-exports-in-five-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda earns $12.95m from agricultural exports in five days"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Coffee was the country’s top agricultural export during the five-day period, with 816 tonnes shipped to international markets for $5.51 million, accounting for about 42.5% of total export earnings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other agricultural products generated $4.76 million from 7,404 tonnes exported, with major shipments destined for Bangladesh and several African countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tea ranked third in export earnings, with Rwanda shipping 437 tonnes worth $1.27 million to international markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The country also exported 576 tonnes of vegetables, earning $563,649. The vegetables were shipped to markets in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, India, France and several African countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fruit exports generated another $472,759 from 443 tonnes shipped to the United Arab Emirates, China and African markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Livestock products earned $349,313 from 220 tonnes exported to various African countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rwanda also exported five tonnes of flowers, generating $30,938, with shipments going to Nigeria, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The figures highlight the growing contribution of agricultural exports to Rwanda’s foreign exchange earnings, with the country continuing to expand markets for locally produced commodities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rwanda has set a target of generating $1.5 billion annually from agricultural and livestock exports by 2029, signalling ambitions to further increase production, processing and access to international markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Coffee was the country’s top agricultural export during the five-day period, with 816 tonnes shipped to international markets for $5.51 million. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Rwanda exported 9,902 tonnes of agricultural and livestock products between August 10 and 14, generating $12.95 million, equivalent to more than Rwf18.97 billion, according to the National Agricultural Export Development Board (NAEB). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2000123192,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[151,69],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-2000123190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-editors-choice","tag-homehighlights","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000123192,"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/3-6.jpg-8e825.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":983,"height":1024,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/3-6.jpg-8e825.jpg","width":983,"height":1024},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/3-6.jpg-8e825.jpg","width":983,"height":1024},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/3-6.jpg-8e825.jpg","width":983,"height":1024},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/3-6.jpg-8e825.jpg","width":983,"height":1024},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/3-6.jpg-8e825.jpg","width":983,"height":1024}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000123190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000123190"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000123190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2000123194,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000123190\/revisions\/2000123194"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000123192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000123190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000123190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000123190"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=2000123190"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=2000123190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}