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Uganda Trade Summary

2020

Uganda exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR UGANDA 2020

Overall Exports and Imports for Uganda 2020

Exports and imports of Uganda in 2020 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 4,149 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 8,251 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 2,110 products were exported to 132 countries and 3,825 products were imported from 158 countries.

Uganda top 5 Export and Import partners 2020

Top five countries to which Uganda exported in 2020 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Uganda exports to United Arab Emirates worth US$ 1,845 million, with a partner share of 44.47 percent.
  2. Uganda exports to Kenya worth US$ 466 million, with a partner share of 11.22 percent.
  3. Uganda exports to South Sudan worth US$ 357 million, with a partner share of 8.61 percent.
  4. Uganda exports to Congo, Dem. Rep. worth US$ 267 million, with a partner share of 6.44 percent.
  5. Uganda exports to Italy worth US$ 138 million, with a partner share of 3.33 percent.

Top five countries from which Uganda imported goods in 2020 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Uganda imports from China worth US$ 1,352 million, with a partner share of 16.39 percent.
  2. Uganda imports from India worth US$ 959 million, with a partner share of 11.62 percent.
  3. Uganda imports from Kenya worth US$ 773 million, with a partner share of 9.37 percent.
  4. Uganda imports from Tanzania worth US$ 744 million, with a partner share of 9.01 percent.
  5. Uganda imports from United Arab Emirates worth US$ 496 million, with a partner share of 6.01 percent.

Uganda Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2020

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$ 1,817,954.49 million.
  2. Uganda exported Coffee, not roasted or decaffeinated , worth US$ 514,191.02 million.
  3. Uganda exported Cocoa beans, whole or broken, raw or roasted , worth US$ 99,070.85 million.
  4. Uganda exported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth US$ 77,115.06 million.
  5. Uganda exported Portland cement (excl. white) , worth US$ 69,292.14 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$ 1,495,406.66 million.
  2. Uganda imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth US$ 932,897.77 million.
  3. Uganda imported Gold in unwrought forms non-monetary , worth US$ 346,507.94 million.
  4. Uganda imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth US$ 287,267.39 million.
  5. Uganda imported Crude palm oil , worth US$ 233,973.58 million.

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2020

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2020 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2020

Tariffs imposed by Uganda in 2020 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 100 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 13.24 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 8.09 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 4,462,044.07 and duty free tariff line items share was 38.92 percent.

Development Indicators 2020

Key Development Indicators of Uganda in 2020 are below

  • Uganda GDP in current US dollar was 37,605 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 820.00 .
  • Uganda Trade balance: as % of GDP was -6.17.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -2,321.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 37.00 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 11.17 .

Trade Indicators 2020

Trade Indicators for Uganda in 2020 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.31.
  • Index of export market penetration was 2.13.
  • World Growth in percentage was -3.75 and Uganda Country Growth was -2.45 .