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
40 bottlenecks| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uganda | 0401 | Milk and cream; not concentrated, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | 2025 | 99.59% | 24,035,522 |
| 2 | South Africa | 1205 | Rape or colza seeds; whether or not broken | 2025 | 99.58% | 41,708,343 |
| 3 | China | 9007 | Cinematographic cameras and projectors, whether or not incorporating sound recording or reproducing apparatus | 2025 | 99.19% | 11,274,356 |
| 4 | China | 8534 | Circuits; printed | 2025 | 98.86% | 73,763,263 |
| 5 | China | 9617 | Vacuum flasks and other vacuum vessels, complete with cases; parts thereof other than glass inners | 2025 | 97.85% | 10,520,211 |
| 6 | China | 7219 | Stainless steel; flat-rolled products of width of 600mm or more | 2025 | 95.71% | 18,425,248 |
| 7 | China | 6406 | Footwear; parts of footwear; removable in-soles, heel cushions and similar articles; gaiters, le.g.ings and similar articles, and parts thereof | 2025 | 95.37% | 11,115,793 |
| 8 | China | 6103 | Suits, ensembles, jackets, blazers, trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches, shorts (not swimwear); men's or boys', knitted or crocheted | 2025 | 95.22% | 17,684,544 |
| 9 | 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 | 2025 | 95.19% | 23,542,199 |
| 10 | South Africa | 0808 | Apples, pears and quinces; fresh | 2025 | 95.03% | 11,738,009 |
| 11 | China | 5512 | Woven fabrics of synthetic staple fibres, containing 85% or more by weight of synthetic staple fibres | 2025 | 94.43% | 23,381,340 |
| 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 | 2025 | 93.86% | 44,187,366 |
| 13 | United Kingdom | 8806 | Unmanned aircraft | 2025 | 93.57% | 13,701,128 |
| 14 | China | 6402 | Footwear; with outer soles and uppers of rubber or plastics (excluding waterproof footwear) | 2025 | 93.56% | 35,356,282 |
| 15 | China | 5603 | Nonwovens; whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated | 2025 | 93.43% | 32,063,998 |
| 16 | Japan | 8406 | Turbines; steam and other vapour turbines | 2025 | 93.38% | 31,310,639 |
| 17 | Egypt | 7214 | Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, not further worked than forged, hot-rolled, hot drawn or hot-extruded, but including those twisted after rolling | 2025 | 93.05% | 53,708,121 |
| 18 | USA | 2711 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons | 2025 | 91.49% | 248,413,611 |
| 19 | China | 7311 | Containers for compressed or liquefied gas, of iron or steel | 2025 | 91.15% | 31,226,256 |
| 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 | 2025 | 90.25% | 61,898,767 |
| 21 | China | 5516 | Woven fabrics of artificial staple fibres | 2025 | 89.91% | 22,930,802 |
| 22 | China | 6205 | Shirts; men's or boys' (not knitted or crocheted) | 2025 | 89.86% | 21,434,061 |
| 23 | China | 6206 | Blouses, shirts and shirt-blouses; women's or girls' (not knitted or crocheted) | 2025 | 89.44% | 11,991,479 |
| 24 | Malaysia | 1511 | Palm oil and its fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2025 | 89.35% | 936,559,549 |
| 25 | China | 8474 | Machinery for sorting, screening, separating, washing, crushing, grinding, mixing or kneading earth, stone, ores in solid form, shaping, moulding machinery for solid mineral fuels | 2025 | 89.28% | 146,533,366 |
| 26 | Australia | 1007 | Grain sorghum | 2025 | 87.37% | 54,045,989 |
| 27 | USA | 4703 | Chemical wood pulp, soda or sulphate, other than dissolving grades | 2025 | 87.23% | 26,686,505 |
| 28 | 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 | 2025 | 86.94% | 23,597,287 |
| 29 | China | 2917 | Acids; polycarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxy-acids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives | 2025 | 86.88% | 15,027,940 |
| 30 | 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 | 2025 | 85.41% | 24,975,897 |
| 31 | Malaysia | 4907 | Unused postage, revenue or similar stamps of current or new issue in the country in which they have, or will have, a recognised face value; stamp-impressed paper; cheque forms; banknotes, stock, share or bond certificates and the like of similar title | 2025 | 85.36% | 45,684,754 |
| 32 | United Rep. of Tanzania | 7005 | Glass; float glass and surface ground or polished glass, in sheets, whether or not having an absorbent, reflecting or non-reflecting layer, but not otherwise worked | 2025 | 84.71% | 26,355,480 |
| 33 | 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) | 2025 | 84.55% | 43,249,027 |
| 34 | China | 7216 | Iron or non-alloy steel, angles, shapes and sections | 2025 | 84.51% | 22,341,679 |
| 35 | USA | 9014 | Navigational instruments and appliances; direction finding compasses | 2025 | 84.39% | 13,837,802 |
| 36 | Uganda | 4412 | Plywood, veneered panels and similar laminated wood | 2025 | 83.12% | 12,027,194 |
| 37 | Rep. of Korea | 8404 | Auxiliary plant for use with boilers of heading no. 8402 or 8403; e.g. economisers, super-heaters, soot removers, gas recoverers), condensers for steam or other vapour power units | 2025 | 82.56% | 72,010,812 |
| 38 | United Arab Emirates | 7408 | Copper wire | 2025 | 82.51% | 52,085,183 |
| 39 | China | 8301 | Padlocks and locks (key, combination, electrically operated) of base metal; clasps and frames with clasps incorporating locks, of base metal, keys for any or the foregoing articles, of base metal | 2025 | 82.17% | 10,391,812 |
| 40 | Zimbabwe | 2401 | Tobacco, unmanufactured; tobacco refuse | 2025 | 81.59% | 10,549,313 |
China: 22 occurrences
USA: 3 occurrences
Malaysia: 2 occurrences
South Africa: 2 occurrences
Uganda: 2 occurrences
United Rep. of Tanzania: 2 occurrences
Australia: 1 occurrence
Egypt: 1 occurrence
Japan: 1 occurrence
Rep. of Korea: 1 occurrence
United Arab Emirates: 1 occurrence
United Kingdom: 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.