Annual International Trade Statistics by Country (HS)
Publication date: 2024-01-28
Reporting period: 2002 - 2022
Timeseries: 194 million
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Uganda | Imports and Exports | World | ALL COMMODITIES | Value (US$) and Value Growth, YoY (%) | 2006 - 2017

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TOTAL. ALL COMMODITIESUgandaWorldExportsValue (US$)962,193,421.001,336,668,119.001,724,294,808.001,567,614,423.001,618,603,260.002,159,077,318.002,357,493,248.002,407,735,576.002,261,964,444.002,267,008,685.002,482,313,415.002,901,465,679.76
Value Growth, YoY (%)18.3738.9128.99-9.083.2533.399.182.13-6.050.229.4916.88
ImportsValue (US$)2,557,307,353.003,493,354,095.004,525,858,559.004,247,371,346.004,664,338,469.005,630,874,738.006,044,147,372.005,817,510,222.006,073,527,802.005,528,117,117.004,829,459,128.005,595,903,639.36
Value Growth, YoY (%)24.4936.6029.55-6.159.8120.727.33-3.744.40-8.98-12.6315.87

The value of merchandise exports from Uganda totalled $ 2.9 billion in 2017. Merchandise exports from Uganda increased by 16.8% compared to 2016. Goods exports grew up by $ 419 million in 2017 (the value of merchandise exports from Uganda amounted to $2.48 billion in 2016)

Uganda's exports 2017 by country

Top export destinations of commodities from Uganda in 2017:

  • Kenya with a share of 19% (552 million US$)
  • United Arab Emirates with a share of 15.3% (444 million US$)
  • South Sudan with a share of 10.3% (299 million US$)
  • Dem. Rep. Congo with a share of 6.53% (189 million US$)
  • Rwanda with a share of 6.26% (181 million US$)
  • Italy with a share of 4.87% (141 million US$)
  • Belgium with a share of 3.82% (110 million US$)
  • Netherlands with a share of 3.76% (109 million US$)
  • Germany with a share of 3.03% (88 million US$)
  • Sudan with a share of 2.7% (78 million US$)

Exports structure from Uganda in 2017 represented by the following main commodity groups:

  • 22% (651 million US$): 09 - Coffee, tea, matT and spices
  • 14.4% (418 million US$): 71 - Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin
  • 6.44% (186 million US$): 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
  • 6.3% (183 million US$): 10 - Cereals
  • 4.69% (136 million US$): 03 - Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates
  • 3.8% (110 million US$): 07 - Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers
  • 3.16% (91 million US$): 17 - Sugars and sugar confectionery
  • 2.75% (79 million US$): 04 - Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included
  • 2.74% (79 million US$): 23 - Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed
  • 2.41% (70 million US$): 15 - Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes

What did Uganda export in 2017?

Uganda's Top Exports in 2017:

  • 19.1% ($555 million): 0901 - Coffee, whether or not roasted or decaffeinated; coffee husks and skins; coffee substitutes containing coffee in any proportion.
  • 14.3% ($415 million): 7108 - Gold (including gold plated with platinum) unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form
  • 4.49% ($130 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
  • 3.3% ($96 million): 0304 - Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced), fresh, chilled or frozen.
  • 3.1% ($90 million): 1701 - Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form
  • 2.85% ($82 million): 1005 - Maize (corn)
  • 2.74% ($79 million): 0902 - Tea, whether or not flavoured
  • 2.66% ($77 million): 0713 - Dried leguminous vegetables, shelled, whether or not skinned or split
  • 1.98% ($57 million): 0602 - Other live plants (including their roots), cuttings and slips; mushroom spawn
  • 1.93% ($56 million): 2716 - Electrical energy. (optional heading)

The value of merchandise imports to Uganda totalled $ 5.59 billion in 2017. Merchandise imports to Uganda increased by 15.8% compared to 2016. Goods imports grew up by $ 766 million in 2017 (the value of merchandise imports to Uganda was equal to $4.82 billion in 2016)

Uganda's imports 2017 by country

Top trading partners (import sources) of Uganda in 2017:

  • China with a share of 17.6% (985 million US$)
  • India with a share of 13.1% (736 million US$)
  • United Arab Emirates with a share of 11.7% (659 million US$)
  • Kenya with a share of 8.17% (457 million US$)
  • Japan with a share of 6.61% (370 million US$)
  • Saudi Arabia with a share of 6.59% (369 million US$)
  • South Africa with a share of 4.42% (247 million US$)
  • Indonesia with a share of 4.31% (241 million US$)
  • Germany with a share of 1.95% (109 million US$)
  • Tanzania with a share of 1.64% (91 million US$)

Imports structure to Uganda in 2017 represented by the following main commodity groups:

  • 18.5% (1.03 billion US$): 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
  • 9.98% (558 million US$): 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
  • 8.19% (458 million US$): 87 - Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof
  • 5.65% (316 million US$): 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
  • 5.16% (289 million US$): 39 - Plastics and articles thereof
  • 5.06% (283 million US$): 72 - Iron and steel
  • 4.92% (275 million US$): 15 - Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes
  • 4.8% (268 million US$): 30 - Pharmaceutical products
  • 4.45% (249 million US$): 10 - Cereals
  • 2.33% (130 million US$): 48 - Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard

What did Uganda import in 2017?

Uganda's Top Imports in 2017:

  • 17.8% ($998 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
  • 4.62% ($258 million): 1511 - Palm oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified
  • 3.96% ($221 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
  • 2.63% ($147 million): 1001 - Wheat and meslin.
  • 2.61% ($146 million): 8704 - Motor vehicles for the transport of goods
  • 2.56% ($143 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
  • 2.26% ($126 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
  • 2.11% ($118 million): 8429 - Self-propelled bulldozers, angledozers, graders, levellers, scrapers, mechanical shovels, excavators, shovel loaders, tamping machines and road rollers
  • 1.93% ($108 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
  • 1.82% ($102 million): 1701 - Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form

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