Chinese executives tour Kenya's agri-business firm to explore Hass Avocado imports

NAIROBI, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Senior executives from China's Dalian Yidu Group, a major importer of fresh produce, were on Saturday hosted by Kenya's integrated agri-business firm, Kakuzi Limited with a view to exploring more Hass Avocado exports to the Chinese market.

The visit to Kakuzi's orchards and packhouse in the central Kenyan county of Murang'a was aimed at familiarizing the Chinese firm with Hass Avocado value chains from production, quality assurance, packaging and shipment to China, said Chris Flowers, Managing Director of Kakuzi, a publicly listed company.