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Kenya Trade Summary

1998

Kenya exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR KENYA 1998

Overall Exports and Imports for Kenya 1998

Exports and imports of Kenya in 1998 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 1,917 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 3,302 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 2,785 products were exported to 115 countries and 4,064 products were imported from 112 countries.

Kenya top 5 Export and Import partners 1998

Top five countries to which Kenya exported in 1998 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Kenya exports to Uganda worth US$ 288 million, with a partner share of 15.02 percent.
  2. Kenya exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 269 million, with a partner share of 14.02 percent.
  3. Kenya exports to Tanzania worth US$ 229 million, with a partner share of 11.93 percent.
  4. Kenya exports to Pakistan worth US$ 138 million, with a partner share of 7.17 percent.
  5. Kenya exports to Egypt, Arab Rep. worth US$ 94 million, with a partner share of 4.92 percent.

Top five countries from which Kenya imported goods in 1998 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Kenya imports from United Kingdom worth US$ 402 million, with a partner share of 12.16 percent.
  2. Kenya imports from United Arab Emirates worth US$ 312 million, with a partner share of 9.44 percent.
  3. Kenya imports from United States worth US$ 261 million, with a partner share of 7.92 percent.
  4. Kenya imports from Japan worth US$ 260 million, with a partner share of 7.87 percent.
  5. Kenya imports from South Africa worth US$ 235 million, with a partner share of 7.11 percent.

Kenya Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 1998

The top five exported HS 6 digit level products to world by Kenya along with trade value are:

  1. Kenya exported Black tea (fermented) and partly fermented tea, , worth 545,448.77 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Kenya exported Coffee, not roasted or decaffeinated , worth 212,161.71 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Kenya exported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 160,199.23 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Kenya exported Fresh cut flowers and buds , worth 86,786.23 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Kenya exported Pineapples, prepared or preserved (excl. those , worth 46,866.08 (US$ Thousands).

The top five imported HS 6 digit level products from world by Kenya along with trade value are

  1. Kenya imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 298,017.44 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Kenya imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 265,969.39 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Kenya imported Crude palm oil , worth 92,494.10 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Kenya imported Aircraft nes of an unladen weight > 2,000 kg bu , worth 90,871.34 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Kenya imported Maize (excl. seed) , worth 76,811.58 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 1998

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 1998 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 1998

Tariffs imposed by Kenya in 1998 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was not available percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was not available percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was not available .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were not available and duty free tariff line items share was not available percent.

Development Indicators 1998

Key Development Indicators of Kenya in 1998 are below

  • Kenya GDP in current US dollar was 14,094 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 440.00 .
  • Kenya Trade balance: as % of GDP was -8.56.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -1,206.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 48.90 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 26.96 .

Trade Indicators 1998

Trade Indicators for Kenya in 1998 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.08.
  • Index of export market penetration was 2.39.
  • World Growth in percentage was -0.47 and Kenya Country Growth was 0.69 .