In 2022, Kenya's merchandise imports totaled $21 billion. Compared to 2021, Kenya's merchandise imports increased by 7.79% from $1.52 billion.

The latest Tendata iTrader data shows that Kenya's Top 10 imports for September 2023, based on 2-digit HS codes, are:

- 2710: Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals (24%, $5.07 billion)

- 1511: Palm oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified (5.13%, $1.08 billion)

- 1001: Wheat and meslin (3.12%, $660 million)

- 3004: Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 30.02, 30.05 or 30.06) consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, put up in measured doses (2.7%, $570 million)

- 7208: Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of 600 mm or more, hot-rolled, not clad, plated or coated (2.46%, $520 million)

- 8703: Motor cars and other motor vehicles (2.03%, $429 million)

- 7207: Semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel (1.75%, $370 million)

- 1006: Rice (1.37%, $290 million)

- 8517: Electrical apparatus for line telephony or line telegraphy; videophones (1.32%, $279 million)

- 3105: Mineral or chemical fertilizers containing two or three of the fertilising elements nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium; other fertilizers (1.19%, $252 million) 1.19%, $252 million)

When you need to know about the Kenyan market, you can search Tendata's Kenya Import Export Data by product name or HS code for market trends across the industry. Of course, in addition to the above, Tendata also supports searches by importer name, importer address, port of origin, port of destination, bill of lading number, weight, quantity, number of containers, dimensions, and more. You can see that all fields in Kenya Import Export Data have this data. With this Kenya Import Export Data, you can quickly analyze the market. Below is a sample of the search for you (data as of September 2023):

The latest Tendata iTrader data shows that Kenya's main import partners are:

1. China (18.2%, 3.84 billion US$)

2. United Arab Emirates (16.3%, 3.45 billion US$)

3. India (10%, 2.12 billion US$)

4. Saudi Arabia (4.9%, 1.03 billion US$)

5. Malaysia (4.84%, 1.02 billion US$)

6. Japan (3.92%, 829 million US$)

7. USA (3.84%, 812 million US$)

8. South Africa (2.45%, 518 million US$)

9. Tanzania (2.14%, 452 million US$)

10.Korea (2.01%, 426 million US$)

To find out if Kenya importers prefer to work with exporters in your country, you can look at Kenya Import Export Data in Tendata by country name. Don't forget to select the timeframe to get the latest import and export data. Here's a sample of what we've looked up for you (data as of September 2023):

People who know current affairs know that customs data plays a very important role in the import and export industry, such as determining the target market, looking for overseas quality customers, avoiding transaction risks and so on are inseparable from customs data.

The following is a detailed description of these cases:

1. Determine The Target Market

When a company wants to sell its products abroad, accurate target market determination is key. The consequences of spending time and energy on developing a country where there is no need or very little demand for one's products can be serious. At this time, you can query the product through Tendata I-Discovery, analyze the import and export situation of the product in different regions of the world, and visually view the growth trend of import and export, so that you can know which countries in the world need the product the most, and then the target market can be basically determined. (>>Click to Get FREE DEMO)

2. Looking For Global Quality Buyers/Suppliers

Here to introduce you to a use of customs data to find foreign customers skills. Take the United States as an example: now use Tendata I-Discovery, in the query goods description at the same time, in the conditions of origin, enter CHINA, you can be exported to the United States of all the transaction records of the goods extracted. And then based on Tendata I-Discovery analysis report, the procurement volume of large U.S. companies extracted, which is a potential high-quality U.S. buyers.(>>Click to Get FREE DEMO)

3. Formulate Production Plan to Avoid Trade Risks

For a production enterprise, the development of its own production plan is related to the future trend of the enterprise for a period of time, Tendata I-Discovery allows you to see the real transaction records of each enterprise, as well as detailed information about the enterprise, to avoid the risk of being cheated in trade.(>>Click to Get FREE DEMO)