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Uganda Trade Summary

2019

Uganda exports, imports, tariff by year.
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TRADE SUMMARY FOR UGANDA 2019

Overall Exports and Imports for Uganda 2019

Exports and imports of Uganda in 2019 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 3,564 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 7,696 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 2,231 products were exported to 137 countries and 3,839 products were imported from 169 countries.

Uganda top 5 Export and Import partners 2019

Top five countries to which Uganda exported in 2019 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Uganda exports to United Arab Emirates worth US$ 1,196 million, with a partner share of 33.56 percent.
  2. Uganda exports to Kenya worth US$ 442 million, with a partner share of 12.41 percent.
  3. Uganda exports to South Sudan worth US$ 352 million, with a partner share of 9.87 percent.
  4. Uganda exports to Congo, Dem. Rep. worth US$ 249 million, with a partner share of 6.99 percent.
  5. Uganda exports to Italy worth US$ 142 million, with a partner share of 3.98 percent.

Top five countries from which Uganda imported goods in 2019 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Uganda imports from China worth US$ 1,257 million, with a partner share of 16.33 percent.
  2. Uganda imports from India worth US$ 855 million, with a partner share of 11.11 percent.
  3. Uganda imports from United Arab Emirates worth US$ 822 million, with a partner share of 10.69 percent.
  4. Uganda imports from Kenya worth US$ 769 million, with a partner share of 9.99 percent.
  5. Uganda imports from Tanzania worth US$ 471 million, with a partner share of 6.12 percent.

Uganda Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2019

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

  1. Uganda exported Gold in oth semi-manufactured forms,non-monetar , worth US$ 1,256,707.54 million.
  2. Uganda exported Coffee, not roasted or decaffeinated , worth US$ 437,618.77 million.
  3. Uganda exported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth US$ 132,111.71 million.
  4. Uganda exported Cocoa beans, whole or broken, raw or roasted , worth US$ 77,548.48 million.
  5. Uganda exported Dried cod, not smoked , worth US$ 70,540.07 million.

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

  1. Uganda imported Gold in oth semi-manufactured forms,non-monetar , worth US$ 1,312,205.31 million.
  2. Uganda imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth US$ 1,204,784.52 million.
  3. Uganda imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth US$ 225,973.48 million.
  4. Uganda imported Spelt, common wheat and meslin , worth US$ 171,509.14 million.
  5. Uganda imported Crude palm oil , worth US$ 161,188.75 million.

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2019

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2019 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2019

Tariffs imposed by Uganda in 2019 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 100 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 12.41 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 8.05 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 3,195,679.52 and duty free tariff line items share was 40.28 percent.

Development Indicators 2019

Key Development Indicators of Uganda in 2019 are below

  • Uganda GDP in current US dollar was 35,348 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 810.00 .
  • Uganda Trade balance: as % of GDP was -5.14.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -1,818.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 39.36 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 14.20 .

Trade Indicators 2019

Trade Indicators for Uganda in 2019 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.31.
  • Index of export market penetration was 2.24.
  • World Growth in percentage was -1.73 and Uganda Country Growth was 1.43 .