{"id":52540,"date":"2025-01-08T13:55:55","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T13:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/rwanda-s-exports-to-burundi-decline-by-41-5\/"},"modified":"2025-01-08T13:55:50","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T13:55:50","slug":"rwanda-s-exports-to-burundi-decline-by-41-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/rwanda-s-exports-to-burundi-decline-by-41-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda&#8217;s exports to Burundi decline by 41.5%"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to the NISR\u2019s external trade report, exports to Burundi were valued at $5.18 million in Q3 2023, but fell to $3.03 million in Q3 2024. <\/p>\n<p>However, there was an improvement from the second quarter of 2024, with exports increasing from $2.18 million to $3.03 million in Q3 2024.<\/p>\n<p>This drop is primarily due to strained relations between the two countries, leading to Burundi closing its land borders in January 2024. <\/p>\n<p>Since then, travel between the countries has been restricted to air travel via the national airline, RwandAir.<\/p>\n<p>Reexports from Rwanda to Burundi experienced an even sharper decline of 59.66%, falling from $4.04 million in Q3 2023 to $1.63 million in Q3 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Compared to the second quarter of 2024, the reexport value also decreased from $2.31 million.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of exports to East African Community (EAC) partner states, the report shows that Burundi ranked second for Rwanda\u2019s domestic exports in Q3 2024, following Uganda, which received exports worth $4.2 million.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-79947\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/rwanda_buru-b0af9.jpg\" alt=\"The drop in exports from Rwanda to Burundi is primarily due to strained relations between the two countries, leading to Burundi closing its land borders in January 2024. \" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR) has reported a significant decline in Rwanda&#8217;s exports to Burundi, with a 41.51% decrease in the third quarter of 2024 compared to the same period in 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2000079948,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-52540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","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 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