Kenya | Imports and Exports | World | Rice | Value (US$) and Value Growth, YoY (%) | 2009 - 2023
| Commodity | Reporter | Partner | Trade flow | Indicator | 2009 | 2010 | 2013 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| 1006. Rice | Kenya | World | Exports | Value (US$) | 1,386,796.00 | 1,090,757.00 | 1,629,444.00 | 250,553.11 | 446,637.12 | 421,872.13 | 2,101,343.44 | 281,211.24 | 320,359.14 | 190,846.76 | 144,743.47 | 1,006,916.87 |
| Value Growth, YoY (%) | 46.22 | -21.34 | 78.26 | -5.54 | 398.09 | -86.61 | 13.92 | -40.42 | -24.15 | 595.65 | ||||||
| Imports | Value (US$) | 96,225,003.00 | 100,321,192.00 | 163,850,810.00 | 136,129,710.66 | 139,979,268.52 | 259,061,732.62 | 252,634,519.60 | 245,279,018.65 | 246,720,695.08 | 283,017,929.08 | 290,968,700.29 | 389,974,905.64 | |||
| Value Growth, YoY (%) | 11.31 | 4.25 | 2.82 | 85.07 | -2.48 | -2.91 | 0.58 | 14.71 | 2.80 | 34.02 |
The value of exports of commodity group 1006 "Rice" from Kenya totalled $ 1 million in 2023. Sales of commodity group 1006 from Kenya went up by 595% compared to 2022: exports of commodity group 1006 "Rice" went up by $ 862 thousand (cumulative exports of commodity group 1006 from Kenya amounted $144 thousand in 2022)
Exports of commodity group 1006 "Rice" amounted to 0.014% of total exports from Kenya (cumulative merchandise exports from Kenya totalled $ 7.15 billion in 2023). The share of commodity group 1006 in total exports from Kenya increased by 0.011 p.p. compared to 2022 (it was 0.002% in 2022 and cumulative exports from Kenya were equal to $ 6.58 billion).
Exports of commodity group 1006 amounted to 3.67% of total sales of group "" from Kenya in 2023 (the value of exports of commodity group from Kenya amounted to $27 million in 2023). The share of exports of commodity group 1006 in sales of commodity group from Kenya increased by 1.42 p.p. compared to 2022 (it was 2.25% in 2022, and exports of commodity group from Kenya were $6.42 million).
Where does Kenya export Rice?
Top export destinations of "Rice" from Kenya in 2023:
- Dem. Rep. Congo with a share of 57% (581 thousand US$)
- South Sudan with a share of 18.8% (189 thousand US$)
- Rwanda with a share of 15.7% (158 thousand US$)
- Ship stores and aircraft supplies with a share of 2.25% (22 thousand US$)
- Uganda with a share of 2.07% (20 thousand US$)
- USA with a share of 1.91% (19.3 thousand US$)
- Australia - 4.09 thousand US$
- Singapore - 3.21 thousand US$
- Qatar - 2.11 thousand US$
- Indonesia - 1.61 thousand US$
Exports structure of 1006 - Rice - from Kenya in 2023 represented by the following main commodity groups:
- 93% (938 thousand US$): 100630 - Semi-milled/wholly milled rice, whether or not polished/glazed
- 4.2% (42 thousand US$): 100640 - Broken rice
- 1.91% (19.2 thousand US$): 100620 - Husked (brown) rice
- 0.669% (6.73 thousand US$): 100610 - Rice in the husk (paddy/rough)
The value of imports of commodity group 1006 "Rice" to Kenya totalled $ 389 million in 2023. Sales of commodity group 1006 to Kenya went up by 34% compared to 2022: imports of commodity group 1006 "Rice" went up by $ 99 million (the value of imports of commodity group 1006 to Kenya was equal to $290 million in 2022)
Imports of commodity group 1006 "Rice" accounted for 2.09% of total import flow to Kenya (in 2023, total imports to Kenya amounted to $ 18.6 billion). The share of commodity group 1006 in total imports to Kenya increased by 0.718 p.p. compared to 2022 (it was 1.37% in 2022 and cumulative imports to Kenya were equal to $ 21 billion).
Imports of commodity group 1006 reached 30% of total imports of group "" to Kenya in 2023 (imports of commodity group to Kenya totalled $1.27 billion in 2023). The share of purchases of commodity group 1006 in total imports of commodity group to Kenya increased by 6.46 p.p. compared to 2022 (it was 24% in 2022, and imports of commodity group to Kenya accounted for $1.2 billion).
Where does Kenya import Rice from?
Top trading partners (import of "Rice") of Kenya in 2023:
- India with a share of 68% (268 million US$)
- Pakistan with a share of 26% (102 million US$)
- United Arab Emirates with a share of 1.73% (6.76 million US$)
- Korea with a share of 1.15% (4.51 million US$)
- Thailand with a share of 1.03% (4.05 million US$)
- Mauritius - 2.07 million US$
- Tanzania - 1.09 million US$
- Vietnam - 308 thousand US$
- China - 172 thousand US$
- Areas, nes - 51 thousand US$
Imports structure of 1006 - Rice - to Kenya in 2023 represented by the following main commodity groups:
- 90% (351 million US$): 100630 - Semi-milled/wholly milled rice, whether or not polished/glazed
- 9.8% (38 million US$): 100640 - Broken rice
- 0.055% (216 thousand US$): 100610 - Rice in the husk (paddy/rough)
- 0.004% (16.8 thousand US$): 100620 - Husked (brown) rice
