Nairobi, Feb 19 (TIWN) Exports from most of the East African Community (EAC) member states recovered to the pre-Covid-19 levels by the third quarter of 2020, a United Nations report released said.

The report by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) noted that aggregate exports from the region declined to their lowest value in April 2020 but they started recovering in the ensuing months, the Xinhua news agency reported on Thursday.

“In fact, in the third quarter of 2020, most of the EAC partner states’ exports surpassed their 2019 levels,” said the report that was developed jointly with TradeMark East Africa (TMEA) and the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC).