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Kenya Trade Summary

2021

Kenya exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR KENYA 2021

Overall Exports and Imports for Kenya 2021

Exports and imports of Kenya in 2021 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 6,751 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 19,594 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 3,278 products were exported to 179 countries and 4,099 products were imported from 190 countries.

Kenya top 5 Export and Import partners 2021

Top five countries to which Kenya exported in 2021 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Kenya exports to Uganda worth US$ 832 million, with a partner share of 12.32 percent.
  2. Kenya exports to Netherlands worth US$ 562 million, with a partner share of 8.33 percent.
  3. Kenya exports to United States worth US$ 543 million, with a partner share of 8.05 percent.
  4. Kenya exports to Pakistan worth US$ 485 million, with a partner share of 7.18 percent.
  5. Kenya exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 451 million, with a partner share of 6.67 percent.

Top five countries from which Kenya imported goods in 2021 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Kenya imports from China worth US$ 4,026 million, with a partner share of 20.55 percent.
  2. Kenya imports from India worth US$ 2,107 million, with a partner share of 10.75 percent.
  3. Kenya imports from United Arab Emirates worth US$ 1,628 million, with a partner share of 8.31 percent.
  4. Kenya imports from Saudi Arabia worth US$ 1,046 million, with a partner share of 5.34 percent.
  5. Kenya imports from Japan worth US$ 892 million, with a partner share of 4.55 percent.

Kenya Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2021

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 1,157,184.55 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Kenya exported Fresh cut flowers and buds , worth 722,675.85 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Kenya exported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 273,891.41 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Kenya exported Coffee, not roasted or decaffeinated , worth 238,359.99 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Kenya exported Titanium ores and concentrates , worth 192,407.03 (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 3,058,587.86 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Kenya imported Crude palm oil , worth 918,574.03 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Kenya imported Spelt, common wheat and meslin , worth 567,587.87 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Kenya imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 550,411.98 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Kenya imported Flat rlld prod, i/nas, in coil, hr,=>600mm w, l , worth 428,080.89 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2021

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2021 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2021

Tariffs imposed by Kenya in 2021 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 122.33 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 14.12 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 9.31 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 9,083,037.65 and duty free tariff line items share was 33.90 percent.

Development Indicators 2021

Key Development Indicators of Kenya in 2021 are below

  • Kenya GDP in current US dollar was 109,704 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 2,080.00 .
  • Kenya Trade balance: as % of GDP was -9.14.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -10,028.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 30.69 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 8.24 .

Trade Indicators 2021

Trade Indicators for Kenya in 2021 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.05.
  • Index of export market penetration was 4.22.
  • World Growth in percentage was 12.50 and Kenya Country Growth was 7.35 .