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Kenya Trade Summary

2006

Kenya exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR KENYA 2006

Overall Exports and Imports for Kenya 2006

Exports and imports of Kenya in 2006 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 3,502 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 7,233 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 3,486 products were exported to 174 countries and 4,182 products were imported from 152 countries.

Kenya top 5 Export and Import partners 2006

Top five countries to which Kenya exported in 2006 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Kenya exports to Uganda worth US$ 387 million, with a partner share of 11.05 percent.
  2. Kenya exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 380 million, with a partner share of 10.86 percent.
  3. Kenya exports to United States worth US$ 291 million, with a partner share of 8.32 percent.
  4. Kenya exports to Netherlands worth US$ 277 million, with a partner share of 7.92 percent.
  5. Kenya exports to Tanzania worth US$ 254 million, with a partner share of 7.25 percent.

Top five countries from which Kenya imported goods in 2006 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Kenya imports from United Arab Emirates worth US$ 1,076 million, with a partner share of 14.87 percent.
  2. Kenya imports from India worth US$ 524 million, with a partner share of 7.25 percent.
  3. Kenya imports from South Africa worth US$ 471 million, with a partner share of 6.51 percent.
  4. Kenya imports from China worth US$ 412 million, with a partner share of 5.70 percent.
  5. Kenya imports from Japan worth US$ 408 million, with a partner share of 5.64 percent.

Kenya Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2006

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 656,798.88 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Kenya exported Fresh cut flowers and buds , worth 273,822.30 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Kenya exported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 241,714.27 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Kenya exported Other vegetables, fresh or chilled, nes , worth 139,684.07 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Kenya exported Coffee, not roasted or decaffeinated , worth 126,526.86 (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 937,006.44 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Kenya imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 763,450.76 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Kenya imported Aircraft nes of an unladen weight > 2,000 kg bu , worth 287,839.30 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Kenya imported Aircraft nes of an unladen weight exceeding 15, , worth 232,479.05 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Kenya imported Crude palm oil , worth 184,132.67 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2006

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2006 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2006

Tariffs imposed by Kenya in 2006 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 100 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 12.31 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 6.32 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 4,149,891.63 and duty free tariff line items share was 36.26 percent.

Development Indicators 2006

Key Development Indicators of Kenya in 2006 are below

  • Kenya GDP in current US dollar was 25,826 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 590.00 .
  • Kenya Trade balance: as % of GDP was -9.27.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -2,393.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 55.24 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 14.93 .

Trade Indicators 2006

Trade Indicators for Kenya in 2006 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.06.
  • Index of export market penetration was 3.11.
  • World Growth in percentage was 7.66 and Kenya Country Growth was 4.00 .