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Kenya Trade Summary

2009

Kenya exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR KENYA 2009

Overall Exports and Imports for Kenya 2009

Exports and imports of Kenya in 2009 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 4,463 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 10,202 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 3,318 products were exported to 162 countries and 4,004 products were imported from 161 countries.

Kenya top 5 Export and Import partners 2009

Top five countries to which Kenya exported in 2009 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Kenya exports to Uganda worth US$ 598 million, with a partner share of 13.40 percent.
  2. Kenya exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 498 million, with a partner share of 11.16 percent.
  3. Kenya exports to Tanzania worth US$ 389 million, with a partner share of 8.72 percent.
  4. Kenya exports to Netherlands worth US$ 341 million, with a partner share of 7.63 percent.
  5. Kenya exports to United States worth US$ 226 million, with a partner share of 5.07 percent.

Top five countries from which Kenya imported goods in 2009 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Kenya imports from United Arab Emirates worth US$ 1,162 million, with a partner share of 11.39 percent.
  2. Kenya imports from India worth US$ 1,078 million, with a partner share of 10.57 percent.
  3. Kenya imports from China worth US$ 965 million, with a partner share of 9.46 percent.
  4. Kenya imports from South Africa worth US$ 914 million, with a partner share of 8.96 percent.
  5. Kenya imports from United States worth US$ 649 million, with a partner share of 6.36 percent.

Kenya Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2009

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 883,811.03 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Kenya exported Fresh cut flowers and buds , worth 245,691.60 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Kenya exported Coffee, not roasted or decaffeinated , worth 198,027.04 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Kenya exported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 177,852.71 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Kenya exported Dried, dyed, bleached or otherwise prepared cut , worth 175,792.66 (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 1,399,217.25 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Kenya imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 705,780.44 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Kenya imported Maize (excl. seed) , worth 394,367.95 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Kenya imported Crude palm oil , worth 317,319.85 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Kenya imported Aircraft nes of an unladen weight exceeding 15, , worth 233,232.02 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2009

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2009 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2009

Tariffs imposed by Kenya in 2009 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 100 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 12.17 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 9.52 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 5,194,177.37 and duty free tariff line items share was 36.67 percent.

Development Indicators 2009

Key Development Indicators of Kenya in 2009 are below

  • Kenya GDP in current US dollar was 42,347 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 830.00 .
  • Kenya Trade balance: as % of GDP was -8.40.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -3,555.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 45.95 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 11.18 .

Trade Indicators 2009

Trade Indicators for Kenya in 2009 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.06.
  • Index of export market penetration was 3.27.
  • World Growth in percentage was -12.22 and Kenya Country Growth was -6.29 .