Kenya import and export data
In 2024, Kenya imported goods worth $23.63 billion and exported $8.74 billion, a trade deficit of $14.89 billion. Value rose 5% on 2023. Across 2017-2024 the long-run trend was broadly stable.
Imports 2024
$23.63B
Exports 2024
$8.74B
Trade balance
-$14.89B
Kenya imports and exports, 2017-2024
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Where Kenya imports from
Most of the value came from China (25%), India (11%), United Arab Emirates (11%). Trade is spread widely: the top three suppliers together make up only 47%. Among the main suppliers, Oman grew fastest (+88% on the year before).
Top supplier countries
- China 25%
- India 11%
- United Arab Emirates 11%
- United States 4.7%
- Malaysia 4.6%
- Japan 3.6%
- Russia 2.5%
- South Africa 2.5%
- Oman 2.3%
- Uganda 2.2%
Where Kenya exports to
The largest buyer markets were Uganda (11%), United States (9%), United Arab Emirates (9%). Trade is spread widely: the top three buyer markets together make up only 29%. Among the main buyer markets, United Arab Emirates grew fastest (+63% on the year before).
Top export markets
- Uganda 11%
- United States 9.1%
- United Arab Emirates 8.6%
- Netherlands 7.3%
- Pakistan 6.5%
- United Kingdom 5.7%
- Tanzania 5.6%
- Rwanda 3.6%
- DR Congo 2.7%
- Saudi Arabia 2.6%
Top Kenya imports
- 1Refined petroleum products · HS 2710$4.39B19%
- 2Palm oil · HS 1511$986.9M4.2%
- 3Wheat · HS 1001$625.2M2.7%
- 4Packaged medicines · HS 3004$556.7M2.4%
- 5Rice · HS 1006$494.0M2.1%
- 6Cars · HS 8703$492.6M2.1%
- 7Hot-rolled steel coils · HS 7208$451.8M1.9%
- 8Phones and network equipment · HS 8517$326.1M1.4%
- 9Petroleum gas · HS 2711$323.1M1.4%
- 10Compound fertilizer · HS 3105$274.1M1.2%
- 11Aircraft · HS 8802$269.5M1.1%
- 12Polyethylene · HS 3901$240.6M1%
Top Kenya exports
- 1Tea · HS 0902$1.40B16%
- 2Refined petroleum products · HS 2710$907.3M10%
- 3Cut flowers · HS 0603$779.5M8.9%
- 4Tropical fruit · HS 0804$319.8M3.7%
- 5Coffee · HS 0901$313.2M3.6%
- 6Packaged medicines · HS 3004$161.5M1.9%
- 7Men's clothing · HS 6203$146.1M1.7%
- 8Portland cement · HS 2523$145.9M1.7%
- 9Lamb and mutton · HS 0204$132.4M1.5%
- 10Coated steel sheets · HS 7210$122.6M1.4%
- 11Palm oil · HS 1511$105.5M1.2%
- 12Dried legumes · HS 0713$104.5M1.2%
Beyond the public totals
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Kenya trade data by product
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Chapter 01 · Animals; live
Chapter 02 · Meat and edible meat offal
Chapter 03 · Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other…
Chapter 04 · Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey…
Chapter 06 · Trees and other plants, live; bulbs, roots and…
Chapter 07 · Vegetables and certain roots and tubers; edible
Chapter 08 · Fruit and nuts, edible; peel of citrus fruit or…
Chapter 09 · Coffee, tea, mate and spices
Chapter 10 · Cereals
Chapter 11 · Products of the milling industry; malt…
Chapter 12 · Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous…
Chapter 13 · Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and…
Chapter 15 · Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils…
- Kenya soya bean oil trade
- Kenya olive oil trade
- Kenya palm oil trade
- Kenya sunflower, safflower and cotton oil trade
- Kenya coconut and palm kernel oil trade
- Kenya rapeseed and mustard oil trade
- Kenya other vegetable oils trade
- Kenya hydrogenated vegetable oil trade
- Kenya margarine trade
- Kenya chemically modified oils trade
Chapter 16 · Meat, fish, crustaceans, molluscs or other…
Chapter 17 · Sugars and sugar confectionery
Chapter 18 · Cocoa and cocoa preparations
Chapter 19 · Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk…
Chapter 20 · Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or…
Chapter 21 · Miscellaneous edible preparations
Chapter 22 · Beverages, spirits and vinegar
Chapter 23 · Food industries, residues and wastes thereof…
Chapter 24 · Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes…
Chapter 25 · Salt; sulphur; earths, stone; plastering…
Chapter 26 · Ores, slag and ash
Chapter 27 · Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of…
Chapter 28 · Inorganic chemicals; organic and inorganic…
- Kenya halogen gas trade
- Kenya hydrogen gas trade
- Kenya sulfuric acid trade
- Kenya phosphoric acid trade
- Kenya inorganic acid trade
- Kenya ammonia trade
- Kenya caustic soda trade
- Kenya aluminium oxide trade
- Kenya iron oxide trade
- Kenya chloride trade
- Kenya hypochlorite trade
- Kenya chlorate trade
- Kenya sulfate trade
- Kenya nitrate trade
- Kenya phosphate trade
- Kenya carbonate trade
- Kenya cyanide trade
- Kenya silicate trade
- Kenya hydrogen peroxide trade
Chapter 29 · Organic chemicals
- Kenya hydrocarbon trade
- Kenya aromatic hydrocarbon trade
- Kenya halogenated hydrocarbon trade
- Kenya alcohol trade
- Kenya ether trade
- Kenya aldehyde trade
- Kenya ketone trade
- Kenya saturated carboxylic acid trade
- Kenya unsaturated carboxylic acid trade
- Kenya polycarboxylic acid trade
- Kenya oxygenated carboxylic acid trade
- Kenya amine trade
- Kenya amino alcohol trade
- Kenya amide trade
- Kenya imide trade
- Kenya nitrogen compound trade
- Kenya organosulfur compound trade
- Kenya heterocyclic nitrogen compound trade
- Kenya nucleic acid trade
- Kenya sulfonamide trade
- Kenya vitamin trade
- Kenya hormone trade
- Kenya alkaloid trade
- Kenya antibiotic trade
- Kenya organic compound trade
Chapter 30 · Pharmaceutical products
Chapter 31 · Fertilizers
Chapter 32 · Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their…
Chapter 33 · Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery…
Chapter 34 · Soap, organic surface-active agents; washing…
Chapter 35 · Albuminoidal substances; modified starches…
Chapter 36 · Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches…
Chapter 37 · Photographic or cinematographic goods
Chapter 38 · Chemical products n.e.c.
Chapter 39 · Plastics and articles thereof
- Kenya polyethylene trade
- Kenya polypropylene trade
- Kenya polystyrene trade
- Kenya pvc trade
- Kenya vinyl polymer trade
- Kenya acrylic resin trade
- Kenya engineering plastic trade
- Kenya polyurethane trade
- Kenya silicone resin trade
- Kenya petroleum resin trade
- Kenya cellulose trade
- Kenya biopolymer trade
- Kenya plastic waste trade
- Kenya plastic monofilament trade
- Kenya plastic hose trade
- Kenya plastic flooring trade
- Kenya self-adhesive film trade
- Kenya plastic sheet trade
- Kenya plastic film trade
- Kenya plastic sanitary ware trade
- Kenya plastic bottle trade
- Kenya plastic dinnerware trade
- Kenya plastic building material trade
- Kenya plastic product trade
Chapter 40 · Rubber and articles thereof
- Kenya natural rubber trade
- Kenya synthetic rubber trade
- Kenya rubber sheet trade
- Kenya rubber hose trade
- Kenya rubber conveyor belts trade
- Kenya new pneumatic tyres trade
- Kenya retreaded pneumatic tyres trade
- Kenya rubber inner tubes trade
- Kenya rubber pharmaceutical articles trade
- Kenya rubber clothing and gloves trade
- Kenya rubber articles trade
Chapter 41 · Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and…
Chapter 42 · Articles of leather; saddlery and harness…
Chapter 44 · Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal
Chapter 46 · Manufactures of straw, esparto or other…
Chapter 47 · Pulp of wood or other fibrous cellulosic…
Chapter 48 · Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp…
- Kenya newsprint trade
- Kenya uncoated printing paper trade
- Kenya tissue paper trade
- Kenya kraft paper trade
- Kenya uncoated paperboard trade
- Kenya carbon and copy paper trade
- Kenya coated paper trade
- Kenya specialty coated paper trade
- Kenya cigarette paper trade
- Kenya wallpaper trade
- Kenya toilet paper and tissues trade
- Kenya paperboard boxes and cartons trade
- Kenya paper notebooks and albums trade
- Kenya paper labels trade
- Kenya paper articles trade
Chapter 49 · Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other…
Chapter 51 · Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair…
Chapter 52 · Cotton
Chapter 53 · Vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn and woven…
Chapter 54 · Man-made filaments; strip and the like of…
Chapter 55 · Man-made staple fibres
- Kenya synthetic tow trade
- Kenya artificial tow trade
- Kenya synthetic staple fibre trade
- Kenya synthetic fiber waste trade
- Kenya carded synthetic staple fibre trade
- Kenya staple fibre sewing thread trade
- Kenya synthetic staple yarn trade
- Kenya retail staple fibre yarn trade
- Kenya synthetic staple fabric trade
- Kenya light synthetic cotton blend trade
- Kenya heavy synthetic cotton blend trade
- Kenya other synthetic staple fabric trade
- Kenya artificial staple fabric trade
Chapter 56 · Wadding, felt and nonwovens, special yarns…
Chapter 57 · Carpets and other textile floor coverings
Chapter 58 · Fabrics; special woven fabrics, tufted textile…
Chapter 59 · Textile fabrics; impregnated, coated, covered…
Chapter 60 · Fabrics; knitted or crocheted
Chapter 61 · Apparel and clothing accessories; knitted or…
- Kenya men's knit coat trade
- Kenya women's knit coat trade
- Kenya men's knit clothing trade
- Kenya women's knit clothing trade
- Kenya men's knit shirt trade
- Kenya women's knit blouse trade
- Kenya men's knit underwear trade
- Kenya women's knit underwear trade
- Kenya t-shirt and vest trade
- Kenya knit sweater trade
- Kenya baby knit clothing trade
- Kenya knit swimwear and activewear trade
- Kenya knit garment trade
- Kenya hosiery trade
- Kenya knit gloves trade
- Kenya knit clothing accessories trade
Chapter 62 · Apparel and clothing accessories; not knitted…
- Kenya men's overcoat trade
- Kenya women's overcoat trade
- Kenya men's clothing trade
- Kenya women's clothing trade
- Kenya men's shirt trade
- Kenya women's blouse trade
- Kenya men's underwear trade
- Kenya technical garment trade
- Kenya swimwear and activewear trade
- Kenya lingerie and corsetry trade
- Kenya scarf and shawl trade
Chapter 63 · Textiles, made up articles; sets; worn clothing…
Chapter 64 · Footwear; gaiters and the like; parts of such…
Chapter 65 · Headgear and parts thereof
Chapter 66 · Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking-sticks, seat…
Chapter 67 · Feathers and down, prepared; and articles made…
Chapter 68 · Stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or…
Chapter 69 · Ceramic products
Chapter 70 · Glass and glassware
Chapter 71 · Natural, cultured pearls; precious…
Chapter 72 · Iron and steel
- Kenya pig iron trade
- Kenya ferro-alloys trade
- Kenya reduced iron and sponge iron trade
- Kenya iron and steel scrap trade
- Kenya steel semi-finished products trade
- Kenya hot-rolled steel coils trade
- Kenya cold-rolled steel sheets trade
- Kenya coated steel sheets trade
- Kenya narrow steel strips trade
- Kenya coated steel strips trade
- Kenya hot-rolled steel bars trade
- Kenya forged and hot-rolled steel bars trade
- Kenya steel shapes trade
- Kenya steel wire trade
- Kenya stainless steel sheet trade
- Kenya alloy steel ingots trade
- Kenya alloy steel sheet trade
- Kenya alloy steel bars and shapes trade
Chapter 73 · Iron or steel articles
- Kenya steel sheet piling trade
- Kenya railway track trade
- Kenya seamless steel pipes trade
- Kenya welded steel tubes trade
- Kenya steel pipe fittings trade
- Kenya steel structural sections trade
- Kenya steel storage tanks trade
- Kenya steel drums trade
- Kenya gas cylinders trade
- Kenya steel wire ropes trade
- Kenya steel wire mesh trade
- Kenya steel chain trade
- Kenya steel nails trade
- Kenya steel fasteners trade
- Kenya steel springs trade
- Kenya steel stoves trade
- Kenya steel cookware trade
- Kenya steel sanitary ware trade
- Kenya cast iron articles trade
- Kenya steel articles trade
Chapter 74 · Copper and articles thereof
Chapter 76 · Aluminium and articles thereof
- Kenya aluminium ingots trade
- Kenya aluminium scrap trade
- Kenya aluminium rods trade
- Kenya aluminium wire trade
- Kenya aluminium sheet trade
- Kenya aluminium foil trade
- Kenya aluminium structural sections trade
- Kenya aluminium drums trade
- Kenya aluminium cables trade
- Kenya aluminium cookware trade
- Kenya aluminium products trade
Chapter 79 · Zinc and articles thereof
Chapter 80 · Tin; articles thereof
Chapter 81 · Metals; n.e.c., cermets and articles thereof
Chapter 82 · Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks…
Chapter 83 · Metal; miscellaneous products of base metal
Chapter 84 · Machinery and mechanical appliances, boilers…
- Kenya industrial boilers trade
- Kenya gas generator trade
- Kenya steam turbine trade
- Kenya piston engine trade
- Kenya diesel engine trade
- Kenya engine parts trade
- Kenya gas turbine trade
- Kenya pneumatic motor trade
- Kenya liquid pump trade
- Kenya air compressor trade
- Kenya air conditioner trade
- Kenya industrial furnace trade
- Kenya refrigerator trade
- Kenya heat treatment machinery trade
- Kenya centrifuge trade
- Kenya dishwasher trade
- Kenya weighing scale trade
- Kenya spray gun trade
- Kenya hoist trade
- Kenya crane trade
- Kenya forklift trade
- Kenya conveyor trade
- Kenya excavator trade
- Kenya excavation machinery trade
- Kenya lifting machinery parts trade
- Kenya soil cultivator trade
- Kenya harvester trade
- Kenya milking machine trade
- Kenya poultry incubator trade
- Kenya grain mill trade
- Kenya food processing machinery trade
- Kenya paper machinery trade
- Kenya book-binding machine trade
- Kenya paper cutter trade
- Kenya printing equipment trade
- Kenya printing press trade
- Kenya spinning machine trade
- Kenya knitting machine trade
- Kenya washing machine trade
- Kenya industrial washer trade
- Kenya sewing machine trade
- Kenya leather tanning machine trade
- Kenya metal casting machine trade
- Kenya rolling mill trade
- Kenya laser cutting machine trade
- Kenya lathe trade
- Kenya metal press trade
- Kenya metal shaping machine trade
- Kenya stone cutting machine trade
- Kenya wood working machine trade
- Kenya machine tool parts trade
- Kenya power tool trade
- Kenya calculator trade
- Kenya computer trade
- Kenya office machine trade
- Kenya computer parts trade
- Kenya crushing machine trade
- Kenya plastic molding machine trade
- Kenya tobacco machinery trade
- Kenya specialized machinery trade
- Kenya metal mold trade
- Kenya valve trade
- Kenya bearing trade
- Kenya gearbox trade
- Kenya gasket trade
- Kenya semiconductor machinery trade
- Kenya machinery parts trade
Chapter 85 · Electrical machinery and equipment and parts…
- Kenya electric motor trade
- Kenya generator trade
- Kenya motor parts trade
- Kenya transformer trade
- Kenya battery trade
- Kenya accumulator trade
- Kenya electric appliance trade
- Kenya ignition system trade
- Kenya automotive lighting trade
- Kenya flashlight trade
- Kenya electric furnace trade
- Kenya electric welding machine trade
- Kenya electric heater trade
- Kenya phones and network equipment trade
- Kenya microphone trade
- Kenya video recorder trade
- Kenya storage media trade
- Kenya television camera trade
- Kenya radar trade
- Kenya radio receiver trade
- Kenya monitor trade
- Kenya electronics parts trade
- Kenya alarm system trade
- Kenya circuit board trade
- Kenya high voltage switch trade
- Kenya low voltage switch trade
- Kenya control panel trade
- Kenya electrical parts trade
- Kenya light bulbs trade
- Kenya semiconductors trade
- Kenya integrated circuits trade
- Kenya electrical machinery trade
- Kenya electrical wire and cable trade
- Kenya electrical insulators trade
Chapter 86 · Railway, tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and…
Chapter 87 · Vehicles; other than railway or tramway rolling…
- Kenya tractors trade
- Kenya public transit buses trade
- Kenya cars trade
- Kenya trucks trade
- Kenya special purpose vehicles trade
- Kenya vehicle chassis trade
- Kenya vehicle bodies trade
- Kenya vehicle parts and accessories trade
- Kenya armoured fighting vehicles trade
- Kenya motorcycles trade
- Kenya bicycles trade
- Kenya mobility carriages trade
- Kenya motorcycle and bicycle parts trade
- Kenya trailers trade
Chapter 88 · Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof
Chapter 89 · Ships, boats and floating structures
Chapter 90 · Optical, photographic, cinematographic…
- Kenya optical fibres and lenses trade
- Kenya spectacle frames trade
- Kenya eyeglasses trade
- Kenya cameras trade
- Kenya film cameras and projectors trade
- Kenya navigation instruments trade
- Kenya surveying instruments trade
- Kenya drawing and measuring instruments trade
- Kenya medical instruments trade
- Kenya therapeutic apparatus trade
- Kenya orthopaedic appliances trade
- Kenya x-ray apparatus trade
- Kenya demonstration apparatus trade
- Kenya material testing machines trade
- Kenya temperature and humidity meters trade
- Kenya pressure and flow meters trade
- Kenya analytical instruments trade
- Kenya utility meters trade
- Kenya electrical measuring instruments trade
- Kenya measuring instruments trade
- Kenya control instruments trade
Chapter 91 · Clocks and watches and parts thereof
Chapter 93 · Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories…
Chapter 94 · Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress…
Chapter 95 · Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and…
Kenya on EximDataX
Direct customs feed: shipment-level records from the official customs source. Updated weekly on EximDataX (some markets daily), while public statistics stop at 2024.
Source: CEPII BACI (reconciled UN Comtrade data), HS 2017 edition, release 202601, Etalab Open Licence 2.0. Values in US dollars.
Straight answers
Trade data for Kenya: questions
What does Kenya import most?
The largest imports by value in 2024 were refined petroleum products ($4.39 billion), palm oil ($986.9 million) and wheat ($625.2 million). Together they made up 25% of total imports of $23.63 billion. Each product has its own page below with suppliers and prices.
What are the main exports of Kenya?
The top exports in 2024 were tea ($1.40 billion), refined petroleum products ($907.3 million) and cut flowers ($779.5 million), 35% of exports of $8.74 billion. That left a trade deficit of $14.89 billion.
Who are the biggest trading partners of Kenya?
The largest suppliers were China (25% of imports), India and the United Arab Emirates. The largest export markets were Uganda (11% of exports), the United States and the United Arab Emirates. The maps above show every partner country.
Where can I get shipment-level Kenya trade data?
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