Kenya | Imports and Exports | World | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | Value (US$) and Value Growth, YoY (%) | 2009 - 2023
The value of exports of commodity group 90 "Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof" from Kenya totalled $ 22 million in 2023. Sales of commodity group 90 from Kenya went up by 30% compared to 2022: exports of commodity group 90 "Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof" went up by $ 5.32 million (cumulative exports of commodity group 90 from Kenya amounted $17.6 million in 2022)
Exports of commodity group 90 "Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof" amounted to 0.321% of total exports from Kenya (cumulative merchandise exports from Kenya totalled $ 7.15 billion in 2023). The share of commodity group 90 in total exports from Kenya increased by 0.052 p.p. compared to 2022 (it was 0.268% in 2022 and cumulative exports from Kenya were equal to $ 6.58 billion).
Exports of commodity group 90 amounted to 99% of total sales of group 90 "Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof" from Kenya in 2023 (the value of exports of commodity group 90 from Kenya amounted to $22 million in 2023). The share of exports of commodity group 90 in sales of commodity group 90 from Kenya lowered by 0 p.p. compared to 2022 (it was 100% in 2022, and exports of commodity group 90 from Kenya were $17.6 million).
Where does Kenya export Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof?
Top export destinations of "Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof" from Kenya in 2023:
- Tanzania with a share of 20% (4.64 million US$)
- Somalia with a share of 10.6% (2.44 million US$)
- Uganda with a share of 10.3% (2.38 million US$)
- Ethiopia with a share of 8.92% (2.05 million US$)
- South Sudan with a share of 6.01% (1.38 million US$)
- Rwanda with a share of 4.17% (959 thousand US$)
- Dem. Rep. Congo with a share of 3.41% (784 thousand US$)
- Nigeria with a share of 3.05% (702 thousand US$)
- Malawi with a share of 2.33% (537 thousand US$)
- Sudan with a share of 2.25% (518 thousand US$)
Exports structure of 90 - Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof - from Kenya in 2023 represented by the following main commodity groups:
- 67% (15.4 million US$): 9018 - Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences, including scintigraphic apparatus, other electro-medical apparatus and sight-testing instruments
- 6.05% (1.39 million US$): 9027 - Instruments and apparatus; for physical or chemical analysis (e.g. polarimeters, spectrometers), for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, etc, for measuring quantities of heat, sound or light
- 3.68% (846 thousand US$): 9019 - Mechano-therapy appliances; massage apparatus; psychological aptitude-testing apparatus; ozone therapy, oxygen therapy, aerosol therapy, artificial respiration or other therapeutic respiration apparatus
- 2.93% (675 thousand US$): 9022 - X-ray, alpha, beta, gamma radiation apparatus; x-ray tubes, x-ray generators, high tension generators, control panels and desks, screens, examination or treatment tables, chairs and the like
- 2.31% (531 thousand US$): 9021 - Orthopaedic appliances, including crutches, surgical belts and trusses; splints and other fracture appliances; artificial parts of the body; hearing aids and other appliances which are worn or carried, or implanted in the body, to compensate for a defect or disability.
- 2.22% (510 thousand US$): 9030 - Oscilloscopes, spectrum analysers and other instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking electrical quantities, excluding meters of heading 90.28; instruments and apparatus for measuring or detecting alpha, beta, gamma, X-ray, cosmic or other ionising radiations.
- 1.97% (453 thousand US$): 9032 - Automatic regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus
- 1.64% (378 thousand US$): 9026 - Instruments, apparatus for measuring or checking the flow, level, pressure of liquids, gases (e.g. flow meters, heat meters etc), not instruments and apparatus of heading no. 9014, 9015, 9028 or 9032
- 1.59% (366 thousand US$): 9004 - Spectacles, goggles and the like, corrective, protective or other
- 1.49% (344 thousand US$): 9028 - Gas, liquid or electricity supply or production meters, including calibrating meters therefor
The value of imports of commodity group 90 "Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof" to Kenya totalled $ 227 million in 2023. Sales of commodity group 90 to Kenya went up by 0.914% compared to 2022: imports of commodity group 90 "Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof" went up by $ 2.05 million (the value of imports of commodity group 90 to Kenya was equal to $225 million in 2022)
Imports of commodity group 90 "Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof" accounted for 1.22% of total import flow to Kenya (in 2023, total imports to Kenya amounted to $ 18.6 billion). The share of commodity group 90 in total imports to Kenya increased by 0.155 p.p. compared to 2022 (it was 1.06% in 2022 and cumulative imports to Kenya were equal to $ 21 billion).
Where does Kenya import Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof from?
Top trading partners (import of "Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof") of Kenya in 2023:
- China with a share of 34% (78 million US$)
- USA with a share of 18.5% (42 million US$)
- India with a share of 8.19% (18.6 million US$)
- Germany with a share of 6.61% (15 million US$)
- Switzerland with a share of 3.42% (7.78 million US$)
- United Kingdom with a share of 2.8% (6.37 million US$)
- Japan with a share of 2.63% (5.99 million US$)
- South Africa with a share of 1.92% (4.36 million US$)
- Belgium with a share of 1.82% (4.15 million US$)
- France with a share of 1.79% (4.08 million US$)
Imports structure of 90 - Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof - to Kenya in 2023 represented by the following main commodity groups:
- 26% (60 million US$): 9018 - Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences, including scintigraphic apparatus, other electro-medical apparatus and sight-testing instruments
- 14.1% (32 million US$): 9028 - Gas, liquid or electricity supply or production meters, including calibrating meters therefor
- 10.5% (23 million US$): 9027 - Instruments and apparatus; for physical or chemical analysis (e.g. polarimeters, spectrometers), for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, etc, for measuring quantities of heat, sound or light
- 6.11% (13.8 million US$): 9022 - X-ray, alpha, beta, gamma radiation apparatus; x-ray tubes, x-ray generators, high tension generators, control panels and desks, screens, examination or treatment tables, chairs and the like
- 4.84% (11 million US$): 9014 - Direction finding compasses; other navigational instruments and appliances
- 4.55% (10.3 million US$): 9026 - Instruments, apparatus for measuring or checking the flow, level, pressure of liquids, gases (e.g. flow meters, heat meters etc), not instruments and apparatus of heading no. 9014, 9015, 9028 or 9032
- 4.03% (9.16 million US$): 9023 - Instruments, apparatus and models, designed for demonstrational purposes (for example, in education or exhibitions), unsuitable for other uses
- 3.79% (8.62 million US$): 9032 - Automatic regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus
- 3.5% (7.96 million US$): 9031 - Measuring or checking instruments, appliances and machines, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter; profile projectors
- 3.47% (7.9 million US$): 9007 - Cinematographic cameras and projectors, whether or not incorporating sound recording or reproducing apparatus
