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Uganda Trade Summary

2015

Uganda exports, imports, tariff by year.
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TRADE SUMMARY FOR UGANDA 2015

Overall Exports and Imports for Uganda 2015

Exports and imports of Uganda in 2015 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 2,267 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 5,528 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 2,440 products were exported to 130 countries and 3,783 products were imported from 153 countries.

Uganda top 5 Export and Import partners 2015

Top five countries to which Uganda exported in 2015 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Uganda exports to Kenya worth US$ 427 million, with a partner share of 18.84 percent.
  2. Uganda exports to South Sudan worth US$ 265 million, with a partner share of 11.69 percent.
  3. Uganda exports to Rwanda worth US$ 238 million, with a partner share of 10.48 percent.
  4. Uganda exports to Congo, Dem. Rep. worth US$ 153 million, with a partner share of 6.73 percent.
  5. Uganda exports to Unspecified worth US$ 124 million, with a partner share of 5.47 percent.

Top five countries from which Uganda imported goods in 2015 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Uganda imports from India worth US$ 1,154 million, with a partner share of 20.87 percent.
  2. Uganda imports from China worth US$ 875 million, with a partner share of 15.83 percent.
  3. Uganda imports from Kenya worth US$ 555 million, with a partner share of 10.03 percent.
  4. Uganda imports from United Arab Emirates worth US$ 406 million, with a partner share of 7.34 percent.
  5. Uganda imports from Japan worth US$ 347 million, with a partner share of 6.27 percent.

Uganda Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2015

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 US$ 401,204.00 million.
  2. Uganda exported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth US$ 131,136.46 million.
  3. Uganda exported Portland cement (excl. white) , worth US$ 78,628.66 million.
  4. Uganda exported Maize seed , worth US$ 60,992.90 million.
  5. Uganda exported Cocoa beans, whole or broken, raw or roasted , worth US$ 56,684.29 million.

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 US$ 979,882.97 million.
  2. Uganda imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth US$ 285,645.92 million.
  3. Uganda imported Crude palm oil , worth US$ 149,390.63 million.
  4. Uganda imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth US$ 144,778.16 million.
  5. Uganda imported Spelt, common wheat and meslin , worth US$ 122,802.06 million.

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2015

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2015 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2015

Tariffs imposed by Uganda in 2015 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 100 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 11.68 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 7.88 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 3,185,632.81 and duty free tariff line items share was 42 percent.

Development Indicators 2015

Key Development Indicators of Uganda in 2015 are below

  • Uganda GDP in current US dollar was 32,387 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 850.00 .
  • Uganda Trade balance: as % of GDP was -11.93.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -3,865.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 37.69 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 13.69 .

Trade Indicators 2015

Trade Indicators for Uganda in 2015 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.05.
  • Index of export market penetration was 2.10.
  • World Growth in percentage was -6.30 and Uganda Country Growth was 12.16 .