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Kenya Trade Summary

2020

Kenya exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR KENYA 2020

Overall Exports and Imports for Kenya 2020

Exports and imports of Kenya in 2020 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 6,022 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 15,407 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 3,232 products were exported to 182 countries and 4,092 products were imported from 187 countries.

Kenya top 5 Export and Import partners 2020

Top five countries to which Kenya exported in 2020 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Kenya exports to Uganda worth US$ 673 million, with a partner share of 11.18 percent.
  2. Kenya exports to Pakistan worth US$ 513 million, with a partner share of 8.53 percent.
  3. Kenya exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 469 million, with a partner share of 7.79 percent.
  4. Kenya exports to United States worth US$ 464 million, with a partner share of 7.70 percent.
  5. Kenya exports to Netherlands worth US$ 458 million, with a partner share of 7.60 percent.

Top five countries from which Kenya imported goods in 2020 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Kenya imports from China worth US$ 3,395 million, with a partner share of 22.03 percent.
  2. Kenya imports from India worth US$ 1,772 million, with a partner share of 11.50 percent.
  3. Kenya imports from United Arab Emirates worth US$ 867 million, with a partner share of 5.63 percent.
  4. Kenya imports from Japan worth US$ 823 million, with a partner share of 5.34 percent.
  5. Kenya imports from Saudi Arabia worth US$ 648 million, with a partner share of 4.21 percent.

Kenya Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2020

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 1,199,014.80 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Kenya exported Fresh cut flowers and buds , worth 569,967.83 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Kenya exported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 401,922.33 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Kenya exported Coffee, not roasted or decaffeinated , worth 208,779.76 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Kenya exported Titanium ores and concentrates , worth 156,766.13 (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 1,889,518.14 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Kenya imported Crude palm oil , worth 772,622.96 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Kenya imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 477,315.34 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Kenya imported Spelt, common wheat and meslin , worth 458,212.05 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Kenya imported Flat rlld prod, i/nas, in coil, hr,=>600mm w, l , worth 299,104.72 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2020

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2020 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2020

Tariffs imposed by Kenya in 2020 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 100 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 13.69 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 9.32 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 7,350,412.76 and duty free tariff line items share was 34.42 percent.

Development Indicators 2020

Key Development Indicators of Kenya in 2020 are below

  • Kenya GDP in current US dollar was 100,658 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 1,900.00 .
  • Kenya Trade balance: as % of GDP was -7.96.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -8,008.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 27.24 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 6.94 .

Trade Indicators 2020

Trade Indicators for Kenya in 2020 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.05.
  • Index of export market penetration was 3.68.
  • World Growth in percentage was -3.77 and Kenya Country Growth was 0.03 .