- Exports
- $8.81B186 partners
- Imports
- $22.2B186 partners
- Balance
- −$13.4Bdeficit
- Total trade
- $31.0B2024
Exports and imports, 1995 to 2024
In current US dollars, not adjusted for prices.
Where its exports go
The largest partners in 2024, with each one's share of the nation's exports.
| Partner | Value | Share | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | $860M | 9.8% | |
| United States | $834M | 9.5% | |
| United Arab Emirates | $754M | 8.6% | |
| Netherlands | $642M | 7.3% | |
| Pakistan | $552M | 6.3% | |
| United Kingdom | $534M | 6.1% | |
| Tanzania | $434M | 4.9% | |
| Rwanda | $315M | 3.6% | |
| DR Congo | $236M | 2.7% | |
| Egypt | $232M | 2.6% | |
| Saudi Arabia | $229M | 2.6% | |
| South Sudan | $220M | 2.5% | |
| Germany | $211M | 2.4% | |
| China | $211M | 2.4% | |
| India | $172M | 1.9% | |
| Somalia | $130M | 1.5% | |
| France | $114M | 1.3% | |
| Ethiopia | $112M | 1.3% | |
| Spain | $91.3M | 1.0% | |
| Switzerland | $86.3M | 1.0% |
Where its imports come from
The largest partners in 2024, with each one's share of the nation's imports.
| Partner | Value | Share | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| China | $5.57B | 25% | |
| United Arab Emirates | $2.52B | 11% | |
| India | $2.07B | 9.3% | |
| United States | $1.15B | 5.2% | |
| Malaysia | $1.01B | 4.5% | |
| Japan | $800M | 3.6% | |
| Russia | $590M | 2.7% | |
| South Africa | $568M | 2.6% | |
| Oman | $532M | 2.4% | |
| Kuwait | $485M | 2.2% | |
| Tanzania | $441M | 2.0% | |
| Uganda | $440M | 2.0% | |
| Saudi Arabia | $398M | 1.8% | |
| United Kingdom | $392M | 1.8% | |
| Netherlands | $382M | 1.7% | |
| Germany | $340M | 1.5% | |
| Egypt | $334M | 1.5% | |
| Pakistan | $331M | 1.5% | |
| Belgium | $307M | 1.4% | |
| Turkey | $268M | 1.2% |
What it exports
The largest categories in 2024.
| Category | Value | Share | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coffee, tea, mate and spices | $1.77B | 20% | |
| Live trees, plants, bulbs, roots, cut flowers | $967M | 11% | |
| Mineral fuels, oils, distillation products | $832M | 9.4% | |
| Edible fruits, nuts, peel of citrus fruit, melons | $432M | 4.9% | |
| Articles of apparel, knit or crocheted | $336M | 3.8% | |
| Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | $323M | 3.7% | |
| Articles of apparel, not knit or crocheted | $291M | 3.3% | |
| Animal, vegetable fats and oils, cleavage products | $263M | 3.0% | |
| Salt, sulphur, earth, stone, plaster, lime and cement | $204M | 2.3% | |
| Iron and steel | $190M | 2.2% | |
| Pharmaceutical products | $161M | 1.8% | |
| Ores slag and ash | $161M | 1.8% | |
| Soaps, lubricants, waxes, candles, modelling pastes | $159M | 1.8% | |
| Plastics | $158M | 1.8% | |
| Meat and edible meat offal | $157M | 1.8% |
What it imports
The largest categories in 2024.
| Category | Value | Share | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mineral fuels, oils, distillation products | $4.78B | 22% | |
| Machinery, nuclear reactors, boilers | $1.86B | 8.4% | |
| Vehicles other than railway, tramway | $1.39B | 6.3% | |
| Electrical, electronic equipment | $1.29B | 5.8% | |
| Cereals | $1.22B | 5.5% | |
| Plastics | $1.11B | 5.0% | |
| Animal, vegetable fats and oils, cleavage products | $1.00B | 4.5% | |
| Iron and steel | $786M | 3.5% | |
| Pharmaceutical products | $734M | 3.3% | |
| Paper and paperboard, articles of pulp, paper and board | $473M | 2.1% | |
| Fertilizers | $410M | 1.8% | |
| Aircraft, spacecraft | $368M | 1.7% | |
| Miscellaneous chemical products | $327M | 1.5% | |
| Optical, photo, technical, medical apparatus | $326M | 1.5% | |
| Articles of iron or steel | $318M | 1.4% |
The bar runs to the largest in its list. The line is each figure’s history from 2000, drawn to its own peak: it shows the shape of the years, and the value shows the size.
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