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Uganda Trade Summary

2008

Uganda exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR UGANDA 2008

Overall Exports and Imports for Uganda 2008

Exports and imports of Uganda in 2008 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 1,724 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 4,526 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 2,024 products were exported to 128 countries and 3,822 products were imported from 157 countries.

Uganda top 5 Export and Import partners 2008

Top five countries to which Uganda exported in 2008 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Uganda exports to Fm Sudan worth US$ 246 million, with a partner share of 14.26 percent.
  2. Uganda exports to Kenya worth US$ 165 million, with a partner share of 9.55 percent.
  3. Uganda exports to Switzerland worth US$ 156 million, with a partner share of 9.03 percent.
  4. Uganda exports to Rwanda worth US$ 137 million, with a partner share of 7.94 percent.
  5. Uganda exports to United Arab Emirates worth US$ 128 million, with a partner share of 7.43 percent.

Top five countries from which Uganda imported goods in 2008 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Uganda imports from United Arab Emirates worth US$ 516 million, with a partner share of 11.39 percent.
  2. Uganda imports from Kenya worth US$ 511 million, with a partner share of 11.30 percent.
  3. Uganda imports from India worth US$ 470 million, with a partner share of 10.40 percent.
  4. Uganda imports from China worth US$ 366 million, with a partner share of 8.08 percent.
  5. Uganda imports from South Africa worth US$ 305 million, with a partner share of 6.74 percent.

Uganda Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2008

The top five exported HS 6 digit level products to world by Uganda along with trade value are:

  1. Uganda exported Coffee, not roasted or decaffeinated , worth 366,307.14 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Uganda exported Fresh or chilled fish fillets , worth 99,393.47 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Uganda exported Portland cement (excl. white) , worth 77,372.96 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Uganda exported Transmission apparatus, for radioteleph incorpo , worth 69,342.67 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Uganda exported Tobacco, partly or wholly stemmed/stripped , worth 65,375.34 (US$ Thousands).

The top five imported HS 6 digit level products from world by Uganda along with trade value are

  1. Uganda imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 821,916.83 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Uganda imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 163,595.93 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Uganda imported Palm oil (excl. crude) and liquid fractions , worth 135,653.82 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Uganda imported Transmission apparatus, for radioteleph incorpo , worth 112,023.47 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Uganda imported Spelt, common wheat and meslin , worth 110,840.45 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2008

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2008 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2008

Tariffs imposed by Uganda in 2008 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 100 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 12.21 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 8.75 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 2,126,624.85 and duty free tariff line items share was 38.21 percent.

Development Indicators 2008

Key Development Indicators of Uganda in 2008 are below

  • Uganda GDP in current US dollar was 14,440 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 430.00 .
  • Uganda Trade balance: as % of GDP was -7.70.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -1,112.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 56.26 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 14.47 .

Trade Indicators 2008

Trade Indicators for Uganda in 2008 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.06.
  • Index of export market penetration was 1.70.
  • World Growth in percentage was -59.29 and Uganda Country Growth was -21.17 .