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Uganda Trade Summary

2017

Uganda exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR UGANDA 2017

Overall Exports and Imports for Uganda 2017

Exports and imports of Uganda in 2017 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 2,901 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 5,596 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 2,172 products were exported to 134 countries and 3,839 products were imported from 160 countries.

Uganda top 5 Export and Import partners 2017

Top five countries to which Uganda exported in 2017 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Uganda exports to Kenya worth US$ 552 million, with a partner share of 19.02 percent.
  2. Uganda exports to United Arab Emirates worth US$ 445 million, with a partner share of 15.33 percent.
  3. Uganda exports to South Sudan worth US$ 300 million, with a partner share of 10.34 percent.
  4. Uganda exports to Congo, Dem. Rep. worth US$ 190 million, with a partner share of 6.53 percent.
  5. Uganda exports to Rwanda worth US$ 182 million, with a partner share of 6.26 percent.

Top five countries from which Uganda imported goods in 2017 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Uganda imports from China worth US$ 986 million, with a partner share of 17.62 percent.
  2. Uganda imports from India worth US$ 736 million, with a partner share of 13.16 percent.
  3. Uganda imports from United Arab Emirates worth US$ 660 million, with a partner share of 11.79 percent.
  4. Uganda imports from Kenya worth US$ 457 million, with a partner share of 8.17 percent.
  5. Uganda imports from Japan worth US$ 370 million, with a partner share of 6.61 percent.

Uganda Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2017

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$ 555,148.95 million.
  2. Uganda exported Gold in oth semi-manufactured forms,non-monetar , worth US$ 413,883.87 million.
  3. Uganda exported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth US$ 130,303.73 million.
  4. Uganda exported Maize seed , worth US$ 75,681.05 million.
  5. Uganda exported Black tea (fermented) and partly fermented tea, , worth US$ 68,046.32 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$ 998,717.80 million.
  2. Uganda imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth US$ 206,864.37 million.
  3. Uganda imported Crude palm oil , worth US$ 194,059.08 million.
  4. Uganda imported Spelt, common wheat and meslin , worth US$ 147,075.81 million.
  5. Uganda imported Flat rlld prod, i/nas, in coil, hr,=>600mm w, l , worth US$ 119,586.88 million.

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2017

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2017 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2017

Tariffs imposed by Uganda in 2017 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was not available percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was not available percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was not available .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were not available and duty free tariff line items share was not available percent.

Development Indicators 2017

Key Development Indicators of Uganda in 2017 are below

  • Uganda GDP in current US dollar was 30,744 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 760.00 .
  • Uganda Trade balance: as % of GDP was -3.51.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -1,081.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 36.84 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 12.08 .

Trade Indicators 2017

Trade Indicators for Uganda in 2017 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.08.
  • Index of export market penetration was 2.17.
  • World Growth in percentage was 5.56 and Uganda Country Growth was 13.08 .