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Kenya Trade Summary

2022

Kenya exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR KENYA 2022

Overall Exports and Imports for Kenya 2022

Exports and imports of Kenya in 2022 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 7,371 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 21,101 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 3,233 products were exported to 173 countries and 4,046 products were imported from 188 countries.

Kenya top 5 Export and Import partners 2022

Top five countries to which Kenya exported in 2022 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Kenya exports to Uganda worth US$ 820 million, with a partner share of 11.13 percent.
  2. Kenya exports to United States worth US$ 679 million, with a partner share of 9.21 percent.
  3. Kenya exports to Netherlands worth US$ 591 million, with a partner share of 8.02 percent.
  4. Kenya exports to Pakistan worth US$ 544 million, with a partner share of 7.38 percent.
  5. Kenya exports to Tanzania worth US$ 480 million, with a partner share of 6.51 percent.

Top five countries from which Kenya imported goods in 2022 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Kenya imports from China worth US$ 3,840 million, with a partner share of 18.20 percent.
  2. Kenya imports from United Arab Emirates worth US$ 3,456 million, with a partner share of 16.38 percent.
  3. Kenya imports from India worth US$ 2,121 million, with a partner share of 10.05 percent.
  4. Kenya imports from Saudi Arabia worth US$ 1,035 million, with a partner share of 4.91 percent.
  5. Kenya imports from Malaysia worth US$ 1,023 million, with a partner share of 4.85 percent.

Kenya Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2022

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 1,349,637.29 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Kenya exported Fresh cut flowers and buds , worth 625,669.38 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Kenya exported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 424,156.70 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Kenya exported Coffee, not roasted or decaffeinated , worth 314,763.63 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Kenya exported Titanium ores and concentrates , worth 249,418.48 (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 5,070,609.09 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Kenya imported Crude palm oil , worth 963,774.97 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Kenya imported Spelt, common wheat and meslin , worth 660,211.40 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Kenya imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 513,392.90 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Kenya imported Flat rlld prod, i/nas, in coil, hr,=>600mm w, l , worth 450,235.73 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2022

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2022 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2022

Tariffs imposed by Kenya in 2022 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 150.73 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 15.83 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 11.82 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 7,514,236.33 and duty free tariff line items share was 30.43 percent.

Development Indicators 2022

Key Development Indicators of Kenya in 2022 are below

  • Kenya GDP in current US dollar was 113,420 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 2,170.00 .
  • Kenya Trade balance: as % of GDP was -9.30.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -10,547.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 33.73 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 10.34 .

Trade Indicators 2022

Trade Indicators for Kenya in 2022 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.05.
  • Index of export market penetration was 3.92.
  • World Growth in percentage was 5.18 and Kenya Country Growth was -0.51 .