Uganda - Foreign trade
Principal imports in 2000 included petroleum, transportation equipment, medical supplies, iron, and steel. Coffee accounts for nearly a third (31%) of Uganda's export commodities. Other exports include gold (10.8%), fish (7.2%), tobacco (6.7%), and cotton (5.7%).
Uganda exports most of its goods to Switzerland, Kenya, and the UK, while most of its imports come from Kenya, the UK, and Japan. Principal trading partners in 2000 (in millions of US dollars) were as follows:
| COUNTRY | EXPORTS | IMPORTS | BALANCE |
| Switzerland | 99 | 10 | 89 |
| Kenya | 63 | 287 | -224 |
| United Kingdom | 39 | 80 | -41 |
| Netherlands | 35 | 18 | 17 |
| South Africa | 29 | 65 | -36 |
| Spain | 12 | n.a. | n.a. |
| Japan | 8 | 67 | -59 |
| Germany | 7 | 24 | -17 |
| India | n.a. | 47 | n.a. |
| United States | n.a. | 31 | n.a. |
Also read article about Uganda from Wikipedia
do you have a web link with data on the latest import statisics or information of Uganda Vs Japan? Will be most grateful if helped by any reader of this mail.
Kind Regards,
Godfrey Ssali
Uganda Manufacturers Association