{"id":4125,"date":"2026-09-30T16:14:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T16:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/?p=4125"},"modified":"2026-09-30T16:14:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T16:14:40","slug":"coffee-leads-rwandas-agricultural-exports-as-weekly-shipments-earn-10-46-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/30\/coffee-leads-rwandas-agricultural-exports-as-weekly-shipments-earn-10-46-million\/politics\/international\/","title":{"rendered":"Coffee leads Rwanda\u2019s agricultural exports as weekly shipments earn $10.46 million"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/images-9-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/images-9-2.jpg 640w, https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/images-9-2-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Coffee was Rwanda\u2019s biggest agricultural export earner between Sept. 21 and 25, generating $4.36 million as the country shipped 8,527 tonnes of agricultural and livestock products to international markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The National Agricultural Export Development Board (NAEB) said the exports generated a total of $10.46 million during the five-day period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Coffee accounted for 635 tonnes of the exports, while tea brought in $668,935 from 217 tonnes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vegetable exports stood at 367 tonnes and generated $373,039, while 457 tonnes of fruits earned $455,706.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rwanda also exported 12 tonnes of flowers worth $85,944 during the period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Diverse and animal products generated a combined $4.52 million, making up the largest share of export earnings after coffee, according to NAEB data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The products were shipped to markets including China, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Germany, the United Arab Emirates, Belgium, South Africa, Nigeria, Bangladesh and the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rwandan agricultural products were also exported to other African markets during the period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The figures cover exports recorded by NAEB over five days and include coffee, tea, horticultural produce, flowers, livestock products and other agricultural goods.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coffee was Rwanda\u2019s biggest agricultural export earner between Sept. 21 and 25, generating $4.36 million as the country shipped 8,527 tonnes of agricultural and livestock [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4126,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,43,53,36,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-agriculture","category-current_affairs","category-featured-stories","category-international","category-top_stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4125"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4127,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4125\/revisions\/4127"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}