Trade Profiles
2021 Trade in commercial services
Transport
Travel Other commercial services
Industrial property
Merchandise trade Agricultural products Nonagricultural products
Kenya
Kenya
GDP (million current US$, 2020) GDP per capita (US$, 2018-2020) Current account balance (% GDP, 2020) Trade per capita (US$, 2018-2020) Trade (% GDP, 2018-2020)
99 287 1 978 -4.8 308 15.6
Rank in world trade, 2020 Merchandise excluding intra-EU trade Commercial services excluding intra-EU trade
Exports
103 79 85 59
Imports
81 57 86 61
MERCHANDISE TRADE Value
Million US$ Merchandise exports, f.o.b. Merchandise imports, c.i.f.
Annual percentage change
2020 6 034 15 435 2020 0.03
Share in world total exports (%)
2010-2020 2 2
2019 -4 2
2020 3 -13 2020 0.09
Share in world total imports (%)
Breakdown in economy's total exports
Breakdown in economy's total imports
By main commodity group, % (2019)
By main commodity group, % (2019)
Agricultural products: 55.7
Fuels and mining products: 12.6
Agricultural products: 15.9
Fuels and mining products: 19.7
Manufactures: 30.4
Other: 1.3
Manufactures: 60.5
Other: 3.9
By main destination, % (2020)
By main origin, % (2020)
European Union: 15.5 Pakistan: 8.5 United States of America: 7.7
Uganda: 11.2 United Kingdom: 7.8 Other: 49.3
China: 22 India: 11.5 Japan: 5.3
European Union: 12.4 United Arab Emirates: 5.6 Other: 43.1
Agricultural Products Value
Top exported products (Million US$) HS0902 HS0603 HS0901 HS0804 HS1511
2020 . 1 224 572 216 145 116
Tea Cut flowers and flower buds Coffee Dates, figs, pineapples, avocados Palm oil and its fractions
Value
Top imported products (Million US$) HS1511 HS1001 HS1006 HS1701 HS2106
2020
Palm oil and its fractions Wheat and meslin Rice Cane or beet sugar Other food preparations
830 458 247 233 94
Share in economy's trade in agricultural products Exports 0%
20%
Imports 40%
0%
HS0902
HS1511
HS0603
HS1001
HS0901
HS1006
HS0804
HS1701
HS1511
HS2106
20%
40%
Million US$ Exports Imports
Value
2020 3 563 2 651
Annual percentage change
2010-2020 2 6
2019 -8 3
2020 11 4
Non-Agricultural Products Value
Top exported products (Million US$) HS2710 HS2614 HS3004 HS7210 HS3401
Petroleum oils, other than crude Titanium ores and concentrates Medicaments in measured doses Flat-rolled products of iron +600 Soap
2020
Top imported products (Million US$)
402 157 123 86 77
HS2710 HS3004 HS8703 HS7208 HS8525
Value 2020
Petroleum oils, other than crude Medicaments in measured doses Motor cars for transport of persons Hot-rolled products of iron +600 Radio-telephony transmission tools
1 889 536 442 352 253
Share in economy's trade in non-agricultural products Exports 0%
192
10%
Imports 20%
0%
HS2710
HS2710
HS2614
HS3004
HS3004
HS8703
HS7210
HS7208
HS3401
HS8525
10%
20%
Million US$ Exports Imports
Value
2020 2 460 12 754
Annual percentage change
2010-2020 1 2
2019 3 -2
2020 -6 -13
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Kenya TRADE IN COMMERCIAL SERVICES Value
Million US$ Commercial services exports Commercial services imports
Annual percentage change
2020
2010-2020
2 997 3 330 2020 0.06
Share in world total exports (%) Breakdown in economy's total exports
2019
2020
0 -1
-36 -7
0 6
2020 0.07
Share in world total imports (%) Breakdown in economy's total imports
By main services item, % (2020)
By main services item, % (2020)
Transport: 43.8 Other commercial services: 40
Travel: 15.8 Goods-related services: 0.4
Transport: 37 Other commercial services: 58.2
By main destination
Travel: 3 Goods-related services: 1.9
By main origin
Value
FATS sales Inward (million US$) Outward (million US$)
Annual percentage change
2020 na na
2010-2020 na na
2019 na na
2020 na na
Transport Kenya
200
World
100 0
2010
2013
2016
Value
Million US$ Exports Imports
2020
Transport exports (Index 2010=100)
2020 1 312 1 231
Exports By sea (2019) By air (2019) By other (2019)
Value 315 956 928
2010-2020 -2 3
Share (%)
Annual percentage change 2019 12 4
Imports By sea (2019) By air (2019) By other (2019)
14.3 43.5 42.2
2020 -40 -15
Value
Share (%)
1 182 188 78
81.6 13.0 5.4
Travel Kenya
200
World
Value
Million US$ Exports Imports
100 0
2010
2013
2016
2020 472 99
2010-2020 -5 -7
Annual percentage change 2019 -6 -14
2020 -53 -50
2020
Travel exports (Index 2010=100)
Other Commercial Services and Goods-related Services Million US$
Exports of OCS by main item (2019) 10.5 11.6
2020
2010-2020
Other commercial services Exports 1 200 Imports 1 937
ICTs 44.3
33.7
Value
Financial services Insurance & pension Other
8 11
2019
Goods-related services Exports Imports
Annual percentage change
2010-2019
20 67
6 -1
2019
2020
-10 -2
-16 3
2018
2019
4 -3
3 2
INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY Patent applications, 2019 Residents
294
Non-residents
41
Trademark applications, 2019 Total
335
World Trade Organization – Trade Profiles 2021
Residents
3 903
Non-residents
3 302
Industrial design applications, 2019 Total
7 205
Residents
154
Non-residents
11
Total
165
193