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Uganda Trade Summary

2023

Uganda exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR UGANDA 2023

Overall Exports and Imports for Uganda 2023

Exports and imports of Uganda in 2023 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 6,305 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 11,780 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 2,360 products were exported to 135 countries and 3,872 products were imported from 172 countries.

Uganda top 5 Export and Import partners 2023

Top five countries to which Uganda exported in 2023 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Uganda exports to United Arab Emirates worth US$ 1,366 million, with a partner share of 21.67 percent.
  2. Uganda exports to Kenya worth US$ 737 million, with a partner share of 11.69 percent.
  3. Uganda exports to India worth US$ 728 million, with a partner share of 11.55 percent.
  4. Uganda exports to South Sudan worth US$ 536 million, with a partner share of 8.51 percent.
  5. Uganda exports to Congo, Dem. Rep. worth US$ 411 million, with a partner share of 6.52 percent.

Top five countries from which Uganda imported goods in 2023 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Uganda imports from China worth US$ 2,294 million, with a partner share of 19.47 percent.
  2. Uganda imports from United Arab Emirates worth US$ 1,431 million, with a partner share of 12.15 percent.
  3. Uganda imports from Tanzania worth US$ 1,331 million, with a partner share of 11.30 percent.
  4. Uganda imports from India worth US$ 1,256 million, with a partner share of 10.66 percent.
  5. Uganda imports from Kenya worth US$ 824 million, with a partner share of 7.00 percent.

Uganda Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2023

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 2,228,569.03 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Uganda exported Coffee, not roasted or decaffeinated , worth 950,623.47 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Uganda exported Tiles, cubes and sim nes, unglazed ceramics , worth 177,475.14 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Uganda exported Cocoa beans, whole or broken, raw or roasted , worth 140,708.69 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Uganda exported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 138,428.15 (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 2,039,986.14 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Uganda imported Gold in unwrought forms non-monetary , worth 1,066,456.29 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Uganda imported Gold in oth semi-manufactured forms,non-monetar , worth 833,314.06 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Uganda imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 332,523.88 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Uganda imported Palm oil (excl. crude) and liquid fractions , worth 305,779.12 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2023

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2023 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2023

Tariffs imposed by Uganda in 2023 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 100 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 12.92 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 8.55 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 4,923,617.47 and duty free tariff line items share was 37.63 percent.

Development Indicators 2023

Key Development Indicators of Uganda in 2023 are below

  • Uganda GDP in current US dollar was 48,769 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 970.00 .
  • Uganda Trade balance: as % of GDP was -10.14.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -4,944.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 33.34 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 11.68 .

Trade Indicators 2023

Trade Indicators for Uganda in 2023 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.11.
  • Index of export market penetration was 2.24.
  • World Growth in percentage was -3.13 and Uganda Country Growth was 1.23 .