Editorial composite showing a container ship leaving Mombasa port beside a separate view of a Dar es Salaam railway yard.

The East African Community recorded US$52.3 billion in trade during the second quarter of 2026, as exports grew faster than imports and the bloc moved to a US$0.3 billion surplus from a US$945.3 million deficit a year earlier.

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