Kenya

Foreign trade



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%

Kenya

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:

Kenya

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.

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