Uganda import and export data
In 2024, Uganda imported goods worth $13.92 billion and exported $8.89 billion, a trade deficit of $5.02 billion. Value rose 16% on 2023. Over 2017-2024 the trade grew strongly, by about 26% a year on average.
Imports 2024
$13.92B
Exports 2024
$8.89B
Trade balance
-$5.02B
Uganda imports and exports, 2017-2024
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Where Uganda imports from
Most of the value came from China (19%), Tanzania (12%), United Arab Emirates (9%). Trade is spread widely: the top three suppliers together make up only 41%. Among the main suppliers, Mali grew fastest (+386% on the year before).
Top supplier countries
- China 19%
- Tanzania 12%
- United Arab Emirates 9.3%
- India 8.2%
- Kenya 6.8%
- South Africa 3.9%
- Japan 3.1%
- Burkina Faso 3.1%
- Mali 2.6%
- Mozambique 2.6%
Where Uganda exports to
Most of it went to United Arab Emirates (29%), Hong Kong (11%), India (9%). Trade is spread widely: the top three buyer markets together make up only 50%. Among the main buyer markets, Italy grew fastest (+52% on the year before).
Top export markets
- United Arab Emirates 29%
- Hong Kong 11%
- India 9.1%
- Kenya 5.9%
- South Sudan 5.5%
- DR Congo 5.4%
- Italy 4.8%
- Germany 3.3%
- Rwanda 3%
- Netherlands 2.1%
Top Uganda imports
- 1Gold · HS 7108$3.27B24%
- 2Refined petroleum products · HS 2710$2.11B15%
- 3Palm oil · HS 1511$369.8M2.7%
- 4Cars · HS 8703$289.3M2.1%
- 5Packaged medicines · HS 3004$254.8M1.8%
- 6Wheat · HS 1001$216.4M1.6%
- 7Hot-rolled steel coils · HS 7208$215.8M1.6%
- 8Rice · HS 1006$206.9M1.5%
- 9Phones and network equipment · HS 8517$169.3M1.2%
- 10Polyethylene · HS 3901$165.5M1.2%
- 11Portland cement · HS 2523$159.0M1.1%
- 12Trucks · HS 8704$158.5M1.1%
Top Uganda exports
- 1Gold · HS 7108$4.21B47%
- 2Coffee · HS 0901$1.50B17%
- 3Cocoa beans · HS 1801$328.7M3.7%
- 4Sugar · HS 1701$162.3M1.8%
- 5Refined petroleum products · HS 2710$140.1M1.6%
- 6Portland cement · HS 2523$86.0M1%
- 7Ceramic floor and wall tiles · HS 6907$85.1M1%
- 8Dried legumes · HS 0713$76.2M0.9%
- 9Cereal flour · HS 1102$74.0M0.8%
- 10Fish fillets · HS 0304$72.4M0.8%
- 11Live plants · HS 0602$62.9M0.7%
- 12Maize · HS 1005$61.2M0.7%
Beyond the public totals
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Uganda 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 05 · Animal originated products; not elsewhere…
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 15 · Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils…
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…
Chapter 29 · Organic chemicals
- Uganda aromatic hydrocarbon trade
- Uganda alcohol trade
- Uganda aldehyde trade
- Uganda saturated carboxylic acid trade
- Uganda polycarboxylic acid trade
- Uganda oxygenated carboxylic acid trade
- Uganda amino alcohol trade
- Uganda nitrogen compound trade
- Uganda organosulfur compound trade
- Uganda heterocyclic oxygen compound trade
- Uganda heterocyclic nitrogen compound trade
- Uganda nucleic acid trade
- Uganda vitamin trade
- Uganda alkaloid trade
- Uganda antibiotic trade
- Uganda 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 38 · Chemical products n.e.c.
Chapter 39 · Plastics and articles thereof
- Uganda polyethylene trade
- Uganda polypropylene trade
- Uganda polystyrene trade
- Uganda pvc trade
- Uganda vinyl polymer trade
- Uganda acrylic resin trade
- Uganda engineering plastic trade
- Uganda polyurethane trade
- Uganda cellulose trade
- Uganda plastic waste trade
- Uganda plastic hose trade
- Uganda plastic flooring trade
- Uganda self-adhesive film trade
- Uganda plastic sheet trade
- Uganda plastic film trade
- Uganda plastic sanitary ware trade
- Uganda plastic bottle trade
- Uganda plastic dinnerware trade
- Uganda plastic building material trade
- Uganda plastic product trade
Chapter 40 · Rubber and articles thereof
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 47 · Pulp of wood or other fibrous cellulosic…
Chapter 48 · Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp…
- Uganda newsprint trade
- Uganda uncoated printing paper trade
- Uganda tissue paper trade
- Uganda kraft paper trade
- Uganda uncoated paperboard trade
- Uganda carbon and copy paper trade
- Uganda coated paper trade
- Uganda specialty coated paper trade
- Uganda toilet paper and tissues trade
- Uganda paperboard boxes and cartons trade
- Uganda paper notebooks and albums trade
- Uganda paper labels trade
- Uganda paper articles trade
Chapter 49 · Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other…
Chapter 52 · Cotton
Chapter 54 · Man-made filaments; strip and the like of…
Chapter 55 · Man-made staple fibres
Chapter 56 · Wadding, felt and nonwovens, special yarns…
Chapter 59 · Textile fabrics; impregnated, coated, covered…
Chapter 60 · Fabrics; knitted or crocheted
Chapter 61 · Apparel and clothing accessories; knitted or…
Chapter 62 · Apparel and clothing accessories; not knitted…
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 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
- Uganda ferro-alloys trade
- Uganda iron and steel scrap trade
- Uganda steel semi-finished products trade
- Uganda hot-rolled steel coils trade
- Uganda cold-rolled steel sheets trade
- Uganda coated steel sheets trade
- Uganda coated steel strips trade
- Uganda hot-rolled steel bars trade
- Uganda forged and hot-rolled steel bars trade
- Uganda other steel bars trade
- Uganda steel shapes trade
- Uganda steel wire trade
- Uganda stainless steel sheet trade
- Uganda alloy steel sheet trade
Chapter 73 · Iron or steel articles
- Uganda railway track trade
- Uganda cast iron pipes trade
- Uganda seamless steel pipes trade
- Uganda large diameter steel pipes trade
- Uganda welded steel tubes trade
- Uganda steel pipe fittings trade
- Uganda steel structural sections trade
- Uganda steel storage tanks trade
- Uganda steel drums trade
- Uganda gas cylinders trade
- Uganda steel wire mesh trade
- Uganda steel chain trade
- Uganda steel nails trade
- Uganda steel fasteners trade
- Uganda steel stoves trade
- Uganda steel cookware trade
- Uganda steel sanitary ware trade
- Uganda cast iron articles trade
- Uganda steel articles trade
Chapter 74 · Copper and articles thereof
Chapter 76 · Aluminium and articles thereof
Chapter 79 · Zinc 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…
- Uganda industrial boilers trade
- Uganda heating boilers trade
- Uganda steam turbine trade
- Uganda piston engine trade
- Uganda diesel engine trade
- Uganda engine parts trade
- Uganda gas turbine trade
- Uganda pneumatic motor trade
- Uganda liquid pump trade
- Uganda air compressor trade
- Uganda air conditioner trade
- Uganda furnace burner trade
- Uganda industrial furnace trade
- Uganda refrigerator trade
- Uganda heat treatment machinery trade
- Uganda centrifuge trade
- Uganda dishwasher trade
- Uganda weighing scale trade
- Uganda spray gun trade
- Uganda crane trade
- Uganda forklift trade
- Uganda conveyor trade
- Uganda excavator trade
- Uganda excavation machinery trade
- Uganda lifting machinery parts trade
- Uganda soil cultivator trade
- Uganda harvester trade
- Uganda milking machine trade
- Uganda poultry incubator trade
- Uganda grain mill trade
- Uganda food processing machinery trade
- Uganda paper machinery trade
- Uganda paper cutter trade
- Uganda printing equipment trade
- Uganda printing press trade
- Uganda spinning machine trade
- Uganda loom trade
- Uganda textile machinery parts trade
- Uganda washing machine trade
- Uganda sewing machine trade
- Uganda metal casting machine trade
- Uganda rolling mill trade
- Uganda metal press trade
- Uganda wood working machine trade
- Uganda machine tool parts trade
- Uganda power tool trade
- Uganda calculator trade
- Uganda computer trade
- Uganda office machine trade
- Uganda computer parts trade
- Uganda crushing machine trade
- Uganda plastic molding machine trade
- Uganda tobacco machinery trade
- Uganda specialized machinery trade
- Uganda metal mold trade
- Uganda valve trade
- Uganda bearing trade
- Uganda gearbox trade
- Uganda gasket trade
Chapter 85 · Electrical machinery and equipment and parts…
- Uganda electric motor trade
- Uganda generator trade
- Uganda motor parts trade
- Uganda transformer trade
- Uganda battery trade
- Uganda accumulator trade
- Uganda automotive lighting trade
- Uganda flashlight trade
- Uganda electric furnace trade
- Uganda electric welding machine trade
- Uganda electric heater trade
- Uganda phones and network equipment trade
- Uganda microphone trade
- Uganda storage media trade
- Uganda television camera trade
- Uganda radar trade
- Uganda radio receiver trade
- Uganda monitor trade
- Uganda electronics parts trade
- Uganda alarm system trade
- Uganda high voltage switch trade
- Uganda low voltage switch trade
- Uganda control panel trade
- Uganda electrical parts trade
- Uganda light bulbs trade
- Uganda semiconductors trade
- Uganda electrical machinery trade
- Uganda electrical wire and cable trade
Chapter 86 · Railway, tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and…
Chapter 87 · Vehicles; other than railway or tramway rolling…
- Uganda tractors trade
- Uganda public transit buses trade
- Uganda cars trade
- Uganda trucks trade
- Uganda special purpose vehicles trade
- Uganda vehicle bodies trade
- Uganda vehicle parts and accessories trade
- Uganda armoured fighting vehicles trade
- Uganda motorcycles trade
- Uganda bicycles trade
- Uganda motorcycle and bicycle parts trade
- Uganda trailers trade
Chapter 90 · Optical, photographic, cinematographic…
- Uganda surveying instruments trade
- Uganda drawing and measuring instruments trade
- Uganda medical instruments trade
- Uganda orthopaedic appliances trade
- Uganda x-ray apparatus trade
- Uganda pressure and flow meters trade
- Uganda analytical instruments trade
- Uganda utility meters trade
- Uganda electrical measuring instruments trade
- Uganda measuring instruments trade
- Uganda control instruments trade
Chapter 93 · Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories…
Chapter 94 · Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress…
Chapter 95 · Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and…
Chapter 96 · Miscellaneous manufactured articles
Uganda 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 Uganda: questions
What does Uganda import most?
The largest imports by value in 2024 were gold ($3.27 billion), refined petroleum products ($2.11 billion) and palm oil ($369.8 million). Together they made up 41% of total imports of $13.92 billion. Each product has its own page below with suppliers and prices.
What are the main exports of Uganda?
The top exports in 2024 were gold ($4.21 billion), coffee ($1.50 billion) and cocoa beans ($328.7 million), 68% of exports of $8.89 billion. That left a trade deficit of $5.02 billion.
Who are the biggest trading partners of Uganda?
The largest suppliers were China (19% of imports), Tanzania and the United Arab Emirates. The largest export markets were the United Arab Emirates (29% of exports), Hong Kong and India. The maps above show every partner country.
Where can I get shipment-level Uganda trade data?
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