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Kenya Trade Summary

2023

Kenya exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR KENYA 2023

Overall Exports and Imports for Kenya 2023

Exports and imports of Kenya in 2023 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 7,158 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 18,604 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 3,236 products were exported to 183 countries and 4,047 products were imported from 192 countries.

Kenya top 5 Export and Import partners 2023

Top five countries to which Kenya exported in 2023 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Kenya exports to Uganda worth US$ 897 million, with a partner share of 12.53 percent.
  2. Kenya exports to Pakistan worth US$ 563 million, with a partner share of 7.87 percent.
  3. Kenya exports to Netherlands worth US$ 544 million, with a partner share of 7.60 percent.
  4. Kenya exports to Tanzania worth US$ 488 million, with a partner share of 6.81 percent.
  5. Kenya exports to United States worth US$ 459 million, with a partner share of 6.41 percent.

Top five countries from which Kenya imported goods in 2023 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Kenya imports from China worth US$ 3,275 million, with a partner share of 17.61 percent.
  2. Kenya imports from United Arab Emirates worth US$ 2,937 million, with a partner share of 15.78 percent.
  3. Kenya imports from India worth US$ 1,921 million, with a partner share of 10.32 percent.
  4. Kenya imports from Saudi Arabia worth US$ 1,036 million, with a partner share of 5.57 percent.
  5. Kenya imports from Malaysia worth US$ 860 million, with a partner share of 4.62 percent.

Kenya Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2023

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 1,300,348.98 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Kenya exported Fresh cut flowers and buds , worth 660,847.75 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Kenya exported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 357,532.97 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Kenya exported Coffee, not roasted or decaffeinated , worth 246,413.87 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Kenya exported Titanium ores and concentrates , worth 145,259.11 (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 4,324,288.78 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Kenya imported Crude palm oil , worth 767,441.23 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Kenya imported Spelt, common wheat and meslin , worth 666,759.07 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Kenya imported Flat rlld prod, i/nas, in coil, hr,=>600mm w, l , worth 395,323.84 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Kenya imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 387,656.51 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2023

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2023 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2023

Tariffs imposed by Kenya in 2023 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 112.27 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 16.14 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 14.70 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 6,190,345.96 and duty free tariff line items share was 30.35 percent.

Development Indicators 2023

Key Development Indicators of Kenya in 2023 are below

  • Kenya GDP in current US dollar was 108,039 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 2,110.00 .
  • Kenya Trade balance: as % of GDP was -8.72.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -9,421.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 32.09 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 11.61 .

Trade Indicators 2023

Trade Indicators for Kenya in 2023 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.06.
  • Index of export market penetration was 4.10.
  • World Growth in percentage was -3.13 and Kenya Country Growth was -2.01 .