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Kenya Trade Summary

1999

Kenya exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR KENYA 1999

Overall Exports and Imports for Kenya 1999

Exports and imports of Kenya in 1999 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 1,651 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 2,786 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 2,773 products were exported to 118 countries and 4,055 products were imported from 117 countries.

Kenya top 5 Export and Import partners 1999

Top five countries to which Kenya exported in 1999 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Kenya exports to Uganda worth US$ 265 million, with a partner share of 16.06 percent.
  2. Kenya exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 243 million, with a partner share of 14.71 percent.
  3. Kenya exports to Tanzania worth US$ 163 million, with a partner share of 9.87 percent.
  4. Kenya exports to Pakistan worth US$ 130 million, with a partner share of 7.85 percent.
  5. Kenya exports to Egypt, Arab Rep. worth US$ 96 million, with a partner share of 5.82 percent.

Top five countries from which Kenya imported goods in 1999 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Kenya imports from United Kingdom worth US$ 330 million, with a partner share of 11.86 percent.
  2. Kenya imports from South Africa worth US$ 249 million, with a partner share of 8.93 percent.
  3. Kenya imports from Japan worth US$ 218 million, with a partner share of 7.83 percent.
  4. Kenya imports from United Arab Emirates worth US$ 210 million, with a partner share of 7.53 percent.
  5. Kenya imports from United States worth US$ 189 million, with a partner share of 6.77 percent.

Kenya Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 1999

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 US$ 468,548.25 million.
  2. Kenya exported Coffee, not roasted or decaffeinated , worth US$ 171,263.39 million.
  3. Kenya exported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth US$ 134,835.96 million.
  4. Kenya exported Fresh cut flowers and buds , worth US$ 89,753.78 million.
  5. Kenya exported Pineapples, prepared or preserved (excl. those , worth US$ 38,024.85 million.

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 US$ 265,601.10 million.
  2. Kenya imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth US$ 158,377.11 million.
  3. Kenya imported Aircraft nes of an unladen weight exceeding 15, , worth US$ 86,419.70 million.
  4. Kenya imported Crude palm oil , worth US$ 80,923.17 million.
  5. Kenya imported Spelt, common wheat and meslin , worth US$ 73,380.76 million.

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 1999

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 1999 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 1999

Tariffs imposed by Kenya in 1999 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 676.47 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 17.57 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 12.86 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 324,020.41 and duty free tariff line items share was 5.27 percent.

Development Indicators 1999

Key Development Indicators of Kenya in 1999 are below

  • Kenya GDP in current US dollar was 12,896 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 440.00 .
  • Kenya Trade balance: as % of GDP was -6.53.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -842.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 48.19 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 31.14 .

Trade Indicators 1999

Trade Indicators for Kenya in 1999 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.07.
  • Index of export market penetration was 2.43.
  • World Growth in percentage was 2.52 and Kenya Country Growth was -2.34 .