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Kenya Trade Summary

2019

Kenya exports, imports, tariff by year.
Kenya monthly trade data

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR KENYA 2019

Overall Exports and Imports for Kenya 2019

Exports and imports of Kenya in 2019 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 5,836 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 17,210 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 3,242 products were exported to 179 countries and 4,015 products were imported from 177 countries.

Kenya top 5 Export and Import partners 2019

Top five countries to which Kenya exported in 2019 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Kenya exports to Uganda worth US$ 624 million, with a partner share of 10.69 percent.
  2. Kenya exports to United States worth US$ 509 million, with a partner share of 8.71 percent.
  3. Kenya exports to Netherlands worth US$ 470 million, with a partner share of 8.06 percent.
  4. Kenya exports to Pakistan worth US$ 443 million, with a partner share of 7.60 percent.
  5. Kenya exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 392 million, with a partner share of 6.71 percent.

Top five countries from which Kenya imported goods in 2019 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Kenya imports from China worth US$ 3,590 million, with a partner share of 20.86 percent.
  2. Kenya imports from India worth US$ 1,706 million, with a partner share of 9.91 percent.
  3. Kenya imports from United Arab Emirates worth US$ 1,633 million, with a partner share of 9.49 percent.
  4. Kenya imports from Saudi Arabia worth US$ 1,247 million, with a partner share of 7.25 percent.
  5. Kenya imports from Japan worth US$ 947 million, with a partner share of 5.50 percent.

Kenya Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2019

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 1,099,540.24 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Kenya exported Fresh cut flowers and buds , worth 582,777.54 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Kenya exported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 440,945.91 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Kenya exported Coffee, not roasted or decaffeinated , worth 198,947.12 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Kenya exported Titanium ores and concentrates , worth 135,846.79 (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 3,014,740.29 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Kenya imported Spelt, common wheat and meslin , worth 501,970.47 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Kenya imported Crude palm oil , worth 476,680.35 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Kenya imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 409,579.26 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Kenya imported Flat rlld prod, i/nas, in coil, hr,=>600mm w, l , worth 343,457.56 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2019

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2019 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2019

Tariffs imposed by Kenya in 2019 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 100 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 13.08 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 11.48 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 3,768,763.50 and duty free tariff line items share was 36.07 percent.

Development Indicators 2019

Key Development Indicators of Kenya in 2019 are below

  • Kenya GDP in current US dollar was 100,378 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 1,890.00 .
  • Kenya Trade balance: as % of GDP was -8.90.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -8,937.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 31.76 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 9.42 .

Trade Indicators 2019

Trade Indicators for Kenya in 2019 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.05.
  • Index of export market penetration was 3.74.
  • World Growth in percentage was -1.34 and Kenya Country Growth was 0.43 .