# China becomes Rwanda’s biggest export market, but the hardest part is still ahead

https://mins.news/en/video/65524

- France 24 English, 2026-09-19 13:30 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6H1WdJdT27c

> China became the leading destination for Rwandan exports in the first quarter of 2026, taking 26% of the total compared with under 5% a year earlier. The dramatic shift followed China’s removal of tariffs on almost all Rwandan products, but access to its 1.4-billion-consumer market depends less on tariffs than on meeting sanitary standards.

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