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Data from the State Department of Fisheries shows that the value of fish imported from China grew by 25 percent in 2021.
Kenya shipped 14.8 million kilogrammes of fish from China valued at 2 billion shillings up from 1.5 billion shillings in 2020.
This increased China’s market share from 70 percent in 2020 to 83 percent last year.
The data also shows that the country imported fish worth 2.47 billion in 2021 from 19 countries.
This was a 10 percent jump from 2.2 billion shillings in 2020.
Among the 19 countries were; Norway, Tanzania, India and Uganda.
This comes after previous health concerns over the Chinese fish imports.
In a joint research between the East African newspaper and the University of Nairobi in 2018, there were reports showing traces of toxic metal in fish samples from a wholesale dealer at Gikomba market.
It was revealed that the fish had traces of lead, mercury, copper and arsenic.
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