Extreme Import Bottlenecks
The tables below show Kenya's import sources for HS product codes where a single source country accounts for >= 80% of total imports and the import value is >= 10,000,000 USD. Only data for the most recent available year is displayed. If you want more data, visit the Country Matrix.
Kenya
30 bottlenecks| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 8602 | Rail locomotives; (other than those of heading no. 8601), locomotive tenders | 2024 | 100.00% | 56,010,873 |
| 2 | China | 8605 | Railway or tramway coaches; passenger coaches, luggage vans, post office coaches and other special purpose railway or tramway coaches, not self-propelled (excluding those of heading no. 8604) | 2024 | 100.00% | 12,415,494 |
| 3 | China | 8606 | Railway or tramway goods vans and wagons; not self-propelled | 2024 | 99.99% | 133,785,356 |
| 4 | Uganda | 0401 | Milk and cream; not concentrated, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | 2024 | 99.79% | 40,774,149 |
| 5 | South Africa | 1205 | Rape or colza seeds; whether or not broken | 2024 | 99.57% | 15,341,500 |
| 6 | China | 7219 | Stainless steel; flat-rolled products of width of 600mm or more | 2024 | 99.13% | 26,766,751 |
| 7 | China | 8534 | Circuits; printed | 2024 | 98.33% | 75,333,672 |
| 8 | United Rep. of Tanzania | 2306 | Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of vegetable or microbial fats or oils, other than those of heading no. 2304 or 2305 | 2024 | 96.87% | 29,035,920 |
| 9 | China | 9007 | Cinematographic cameras and projectors, whether or not incorporating sound recording or reproducing apparatus | 2024 | 96.84% | 11,377,069 |
| 10 | China | 8426 | Derricks, cranes, including cable cranes, mobile lifting frames, straddle carriers and works trucks fitted with a crane | 2024 | 96.14% | 78,642,193 |
| 11 | China | 5512 | Woven fabrics of synthetic staple fibres, containing 85% or more by weight of synthetic staple fibres | 2024 | 94.66% | 19,921,436 |
| 12 | China | 8541 | Semiconductor devices (e.g. diodes, transistors, semiconductor based transducers); including photovoltaic cells assembled or not in modules or panels, light-emitting diodes (LED) assembled with other LEDs or not, mounted piezo-electric crystals | 2024 | 94.44% | 43,254,975 |
| 13 | Zimbabwe | 2401 | Tobacco, unmanufactured; tobacco refuse | 2024 | 94.36% | 11,253,656 |
| 14 | United Kingdom | 8806 | Unmanned aircraft | 2024 | 93.65% | 16,347,347 |
| 15 | China | 5516 | Woven fabrics of artificial staple fibres | 2024 | 92.22% | 20,688,849 |
| 16 | United Arab Emirates | 7408 | Copper wire | 2024 | 91.88% | 52,520,436 |
| 17 | China | 5603 | Nonwovens; whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated | 2024 | 90.58% | 30,919,357 |
| 18 | China | 6402 | Footwear; with outer soles and uppers of rubber or plastics (excluding waterproof footwear) | 2024 | 89.17% | 37,137,961 |
| 19 | Malaysia | 1511 | Palm oil and its fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2024 | 89.16% | 807,013,599 |
| 20 | China | 9405 | Luminaires and light fittings; including searchlights, spotlights and parts thereof, n.e.c.; illuminated signs, name-plates and the like, having permanently fixed light source and parts thereof n.e.c. or included | 2024 | 87.66% | 57,284,850 |
| 21 | China | 4202 | Trunks; suit, camera, jewellery, cutlery cases; travel, tool, similar bags; wholly or mainly covered by leather, composition leather, plastic sheeting, textile materials, vulcanised fibre, paperboard | 2024 | 87.35% | 21,690,730 |
| 22 | China | 8455 | Metal-rolling mills and rolls therefor | 2024 | 86.24% | 24,929,206 |
| 23 | China | 8518 | Microphones and their stands; loudspeakers, mounted or not in their enclosures; headphones and earphones, combined or not with a microphone, and sets of a microphone and one or more loudspeakers; audio-frequency and electric sound amplifiers and sets | 2024 | 86.17% | 19,364,260 |
| 24 | Uganda | 7203 | Ferrous products obtained by direct reduction of iron ore and other spongy ferrous products, in lumps, pellets or the like; iron having a minimum purity of 99.94%, in lumps, pellets or similar forms | 2024 | 85.87% | 13,124,231 |
| 25 | USA | 4703 | Chemical wood pulp, soda or sulphate, other than dissolving grades | 2024 | 84.52% | 24,095,235 |
| 26 | China | 6204 | Suits, ensembles, jackets, dresses, skirts, divided skirts, trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts (other than swimwear); women's or girls' (not knitted or crocheted) | 2024 | 83.75% | 31,139,664 |
| 27 | China | 6205 | Shirts; men's or boys' (not knitted or crocheted) | 2024 | 83.19% | 10,594,417 |
| 28 | Uganda | 4412 | Plywood, veneered panels and similar laminated wood | 2024 | 83.12% | 15,192,372 |
| 29 | China | 7216 | Iron or non-alloy steel, angles, shapes and sections | 2024 | 83.06% | 20,021,785 |
| 30 | Malaysia | 1513 | Coconut (copra), palm kernel or babassu oil and their fractions; whether or not refined but not chemically modified | 2024 | 80.09% | 14,998,537 |
China: 19 occurrences
Uganda: 3 occurrences
Malaysia: 2 occurrences
South Africa: 1 occurrence
USA: 1 occurrence
United Arab Emirates: 1 occurrence
United Kingdom: 1 occurrence
United Rep. of Tanzania: 1 occurrence
Zimbabwe: 1 occurrence
Legend:
Highlight - the row matches a Danger Zone country and/or a Critical Goods HS code.
ABCBold red partner name - the import source country is flagged in the Danger Zone.
1234Bold lime HS code - the product code is flagged in Critical Goods.