Key points
- Flowers, herbs and chillies offer the strongest year-round air freight economics.
- Avocados and passion fruits are the fastest-growing fruit lines.
- Vegetables like French beans anchor long-running retail programmes.
Cut flowers — the flagship
Kenyan roses, spray roses and summer flowers supply florists, supermarkets and event planners worldwide. High-altitude farms produce strong heads and long vase life at competitive prices, twelve months a year.
Fresh herbs — light, valuable, year-round
Basil, rosemary, thyme, mint, coriander and chives are ideal air freight lines: high value per kilo, year-round availability, and strong demand from European retail and Gulf food service.
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Chillies — growing global demand
Bird's eye, habanero, cayenne and long green chillies serve spice processors, ethnic-food wholesalers and retail programmes. Kenya's climate allows continuous production when competing origins are out of season.
Fruits — avocados, mangoes, passion fruits
Hass avocados lead Kenya's fruit exports by sea and air. Mangoes, passion fruits and pineapples follow, mostly into the Gulf, Europe and regional African markets. Seasons and prices move — ask us for current windows.
Vegetables — the programme builders
French beans, fine beans, snow peas, mangetout and baby corn are the backbone of Kenyan vegetable exports, running as standing weekly programmes into European retail.
How to build a mixed basket
The strongest strategy for most importers is a mixed consignment: a core line (flowers or herbs) plus chillies and seasonal fruit on the same flight. We consolidate mixed baskets with one invoice and one document set — send us your target list on WhatsApp.
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Frequently asked questions
- What is the most profitable Kenyan product to import?
- It depends on your market, but flowers, herbs and chillies consistently offer the best value-to-freight ratio for air shipments, while avocados lead by sea.
- Which Kenyan products are available all year?
- Cut flowers, fresh herbs, chillies and French beans are produced year-round. Fruits like mango and avocado have defined seasons.
- Can I combine fruits, vegetables and flowers in one order?
- Yes. Compatible lines can be consolidated into a single air freight consignment through a sourcing agent, with one set of export documents.