Kenya's most sought-after commodity export is tea (28%), which accounts for 17% of the world's tea export market. Coffee follows closely (10%). Other exports include refined petroleum products (7.9%), vegetables (6.5%), fruit (2.9%), and iron plating and sheeting (1.4%). Tourism is also an important source of revenues from foreigners. In 2000 Kenya's imports were distributed among the following categories: Consumer goods 8.2%
Food | 11.2% |
Fuels | 22.0% |
Industrial supplies | 29.9% |
Machinery | 17.8% |
Transportation | 10.4% |
Other | 0.5% |
Principal trading partners in 2000 (in millions of US dollars) were as follows:
COUNTRY | EXPORTS | IMPORTS | BALANCE |
United Kingdom | 244 | 316 | -72 |
Uganda | 226 | n.a. | n.a. |
Pakistan | 131 | n.a. | n.a. |
Netherlands | 96 | 112 | -16 |
Germany | 73 | 112 | -39 |
United States | 36 | 127 | -91 |
United Arab Emirates | 34 | 406 | -372 |
Japan | 19 | 164 | -145 |
India | 17 | 132 | -115 |
South Africa | n.a. | 217 | n.a. |