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Uganda Trade Summary

2021

Uganda exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR UGANDA 2021

Overall Exports and Imports for Uganda 2021

Exports and imports of Uganda in 2021 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 3,965 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 9,086 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 2,287 products were exported to 133 countries and 3,830 products were imported from 165 countries.

Uganda top 5 Export and Import partners 2021

Top five countries to which Uganda exported in 2021 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Uganda exports to United Arab Emirates worth US$ 1,063 million, with a partner share of 26.81 percent.
  2. Uganda exports to Kenya worth US$ 526 million, with a partner share of 13.25 percent.
  3. Uganda exports to South Sudan worth US$ 484 million, with a partner share of 12.20 percent.
  4. Uganda exports to Congo, Dem. Rep. worth US$ 339 million, with a partner share of 8.56 percent.
  5. Uganda exports to Italy worth US$ 210 million, with a partner share of 5.30 percent.

Top five countries from which Uganda imported goods in 2021 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Uganda imports from China worth US$ 1,652 million, with a partner share of 18.19 percent.
  2. Uganda imports from India worth US$ 1,051 million, with a partner share of 11.57 percent.
  3. Uganda imports from Tanzania worth US$ 821 million, with a partner share of 9.03 percent.
  4. Uganda imports from United Arab Emirates worth US$ 811 million, with a partner share of 8.92 percent.
  5. Uganda imports from Kenya worth US$ 770 million, with a partner share of 8.47 percent.

Uganda Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2021

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 1,028,061.15 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Uganda exported Coffee, not roasted or decaffeinated , worth 713,153.51 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Uganda exported Cocoa beans, whole or broken, raw or roasted , worth 105,843.97 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Uganda exported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 99,430.80 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Uganda exported Cane or beet sugar, in solid form, nes , worth 85,765.37 (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 1,236,043.46 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Uganda imported Gold in oth semi-manufactured forms,non-monetar , worth 844,401.27 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Uganda imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 268,576.54 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Uganda imported Crude palm oil , worth 259,825.75 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Uganda imported Gold in unwrought forms non-monetary , worth 250,190.01 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2021

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2021 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2021

Tariffs imposed by Uganda in 2021 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 762.69 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 14.66 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 8.67 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 4,397,209.36 and duty free tariff line items share was 38.67 percent.

Development Indicators 2021

Key Development Indicators of Uganda in 2021 are below

  • Uganda GDP in current US dollar was 40,510 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 860.00 .
  • Uganda Trade balance: as % of GDP was -10.15.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -4,112.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 41.71 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 11.97 .

Trade Indicators 2021

Trade Indicators for Uganda in 2021 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.30.
  • Index of export market penetration was 2.29.
  • World Growth in percentage was 12.50 and Uganda Country Growth was 10.12 .