Kenya | Imports and Exports | World | ALL COMMODITIES | Value (US$) and Value Growth, YoY (%) | 2007 - 2018

Exports structure from Kenya in 2018 represented by the following main commodity groups:

• 26% (1.61 billion US$): 09 - Coffee, tea, matT and spices
• 10.3% (625 million US$): 06 - Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage
• 6.39% (386 million US$): 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
• 4.13% (250 million US$): 07 - Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers
• 3.84% (232 million US$): 08 - Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons
• 3.6% (218 million US$): 62 - Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted
• 3.51% (212 million US$): 26 - Ores, slag and ash
• 2.3% (139 million US$): 24 - Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes
• 2.15% (130 million US$): 30 - Pharmaceutical products
• 1.99% (120 million US$): 61 - Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted

What did Kenya export in 2018?

Kenya's Top Exports in 2018:

• 22% ($1.37 billion): 0902 - Tea, whether or not flavoured
• 9.5% ($575 million): 0603 - Cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh, dried, dyed, bleached, impregnated or otherwise prepared
• 6.27% ($379 million): 2710 - Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude; preparations n.e.c. containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals; these being the basic constituents of the preparations; waste oils
• 3.83% ($231 million): 0901 - Coffee, whether or not roasted or decaffeinated; coffee husks and skins; coffee substitutes containing coffee in any proportion.
• 2.5% ($151 million): 2614 - Titanium ores and concentrates
• 2.29% ($139 million): 0804 - Dates, figs, pineapples, avocados, guavas, mangoes and mangosteens, fresh or dried
• 1.97% ($119 million): 3004 - Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 30.02, 30.05 or 30.06) consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, put up in measured doses (including those in the form of transdermal administration systems) or in forms or packings for retail sale
• 1.54% ($93 million): 6203 - Men's or boys' suits, ensembles, jackets, blazers, trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts (other than swimwear).
• 1.45% ($87 million): 0802 - Other nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled
• 1.43% ($86 million): 7210 - Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of 600 mm or more, clad, plated or coated

Imports structure to Kenya in 2018 represented by the following main commodity groups:

• 19.5% (3.39 billion US$): 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
• 9.58% (1.66 billion US$): 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
• 7.06% (1.22 billion US$): 87 - Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof
• 6.94% (1.2 billion US$): 85 - Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
• 4.95% (860 million US$): 72 - Iron and steel
• 4.85% (843 million US$): 10 - Cereals
• 4.42% (769 million US$): 39 - Plastics and articles thereof
• 3.26% (567 million US$): 15 - Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes
• 3.21% (558 million US$): 30 - Pharmaceutical products
• 2.43% (423 million US$): 48 - Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard

What did Kenya import in 2018?

Kenya's Top Imports in 2018:

• 17.7% ($3.08 billion): 2710 - Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude; preparations n.e.c. containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals; these being the basic constituents of the preparations; waste oils
• 3.18% ($553 million): 8703 - Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons (other than those of heading 87.02), including station wagons and racing cars
• 2.9% ($505 million): 1511 - Palm oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified
• 2.65% ($462 million): 3004 - Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 30.02, 30.05 or 30.06) consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, put up in measured doses (including those in the form of transdermal administration systems) or in forms or packings for retail sale
• 2.47% ($430 million): 7208 - Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of 600 mm or more, hot-rolled, not clad, plated or coated
• 2.43% ($423 million): 1001 - Wheat and meslin.
• 1.48% ($258 million): 8517 - Electrical apparatus for line telephony or line telegraphy, including line telephone sets with cordless handsets and telecommunication apparatus for carrier-current line systems or for digital line systems; videophones
• 1.45% ($252 million): 1006 - Rice
• 1.15% ($199 million): 1701 - Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form
• 1.11% ($193 million): 8704 - Motor vehicles for the transport of goods