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Uganda Trade Summary

2016

Uganda exports, imports, tariff by year.
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TRADE SUMMARY FOR UGANDA 2016

Overall Exports and Imports for Uganda 2016

Exports and imports of Uganda in 2016 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 2,482 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 4,829 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 2,364 products were exported to 136 countries and 3,859 products were imported from 163 countries.

Uganda top 5 Export and Import partners 2016

Top five countries to which Uganda exported in 2016 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Uganda exports to Kenya worth US$ 404 million, with a partner share of 16.28 percent.
  2. Uganda exports to United Arab Emirates worth US$ 372 million, with a partner share of 15.00 percent.
  3. Uganda exports to South Sudan worth US$ 240 million, with a partner share of 9.65 percent.
  4. Uganda exports to Rwanda worth US$ 193 million, with a partner share of 7.79 percent.
  5. Uganda exports to Congo, Dem. Rep. worth US$ 177 million, with a partner share of 7.13 percent.

Top five countries from which Uganda imported goods in 2016 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Uganda imports from China worth US$ 886 million, with a partner share of 18.35 percent.
  2. Uganda imports from India worth US$ 835 million, with a partner share of 17.28 percent.
  3. Uganda imports from Kenya worth US$ 459 million, with a partner share of 9.50 percent.
  4. Uganda imports from United Arab Emirates worth US$ 413 million, with a partner share of 8.56 percent.
  5. Uganda imports from Saudi Arabia worth US$ 249 million, with a partner share of 5.16 percent.

Uganda Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2016

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 371,517.58 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Uganda exported Gold in oth semi-manufactured forms,non-monetar , worth 339,311.69 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Uganda exported Cocoa beans, whole or broken, raw or roasted , worth 74,996.18 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Uganda exported Portland cement (excl. white) , worth 60,012.19 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Uganda exported Fresh or chilled fish fillets , worth 57,006.53 (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 753,525.91 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Uganda imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 218,514.04 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Uganda imported Crude palm oil , worth 171,933.47 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Uganda imported Spelt, common wheat and meslin , worth 127,783.98 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Uganda imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 94,849.04 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2016

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2016 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2016

Tariffs imposed by Uganda in 2016 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 100 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 11.71 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 7.33 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 3,184,238.28 and duty free tariff line items share was 42.06 percent.

Development Indicators 2016

Key Development Indicators of Uganda in 2016 are below

  • Uganda GDP in current US dollar was 29,204 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 820.00 .
  • Uganda Trade balance: as % of GDP was -6.36.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -1,856.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 31.21 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 13.47 .

Trade Indicators 2016

Trade Indicators for Uganda in 2016 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.08.
  • Index of export market penetration was 2.14.
  • World Growth in percentage was -1.35 and Uganda Country Growth was 2.38 .