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Kenya Trade Summary

2015

Kenya exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR KENYA 2015

Overall Exports and Imports for Kenya 2015

Exports and imports of Kenya in 2015 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 5,907 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 16,058 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 3,399 products were exported to 181 countries and 4,031 products were imported from 173 countries.

Kenya top 5 Export and Import partners 2015

Top five countries to which Kenya exported in 2015 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Kenya exports to Uganda worth US$ 697 million, with a partner share of 11.80 percent.
  2. Kenya exports to Netherlands worth US$ 427 million, with a partner share of 7.24 percent.
  3. Kenya exports to United States worth US$ 414 million, with a partner share of 7.01 percent.
  4. Kenya exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 413 million, with a partner share of 7.00 percent.
  5. Kenya exports to Pakistan worth US$ 358 million, with a partner share of 6.07 percent.

Top five countries from which Kenya imported goods in 2015 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Kenya imports from China worth US$ 3,266 million, with a partner share of 20.34 percent.
  2. Kenya imports from India worth US$ 2,571 million, with a partner share of 16.01 percent.
  3. Kenya imports from United States worth US$ 1,286 million, with a partner share of 8.01 percent.
  4. Kenya imports from United Arab Emirates worth US$ 922 million, with a partner share of 5.74 percent.
  5. Kenya imports from Japan worth US$ 898 million, with a partner share of 5.59 percent.

Kenya Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2015

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$ 1,231,167.18 million.
  2. Kenya exported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth US$ 609,999.14 million.
  3. Kenya exported Fresh cut flowers and buds , worth US$ 472,062.20 million.
  4. Kenya exported Coffee, not roasted or decaffeinated , worth US$ 209,051.76 million.
  5. Kenya exported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth US$ 102,695.47 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$ 2,291,665.43 million.
  2. Kenya imported Aircraft nes of an unladen weight exceeding 15, , worth US$ 765,646.98 million.
  3. Kenya imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth US$ 425,256.86 million.
  4. Kenya imported Crude palm oil , worth US$ 394,841.24 million.
  5. Kenya imported Spelt, common wheat and meslin , worth US$ 363,117.23 million.

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2015

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2015 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2015

Tariffs imposed by Kenya in 2015 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 100 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 11.96 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 11.47 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 6,560,677.03 and duty free tariff line items share was 39.18 percent.

Development Indicators 2015

Key Development Indicators of Kenya in 2015 are below

  • Kenya GDP in current US dollar was 70,120 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 1,330.00 .
  • Kenya Trade balance: as % of GDP was -10.07.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -7,061.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 40.33 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 11.35 .

Trade Indicators 2015

Trade Indicators for Kenya in 2015 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.04.
  • Index of export market penetration was 3.69.
  • World Growth in percentage was -6.30 and Kenya Country Growth was -6.46 .