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Kenya imports a diverse range of products from the USA, including:
These import items from the USA play an important role in meeting the needs of Kenya's growing economy and population.
Airlines registered in Kenya flew 289 million ton-kilometers of freight in 2023 (one ton-kilometer is one ton of cargo carried one kilometer).
Its container ports handled 2,005,076 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) in 2024.
The average tariff Kenya applied to imports, weighted by trade, was 11.70% in 2022, against 9.72% on average across the 38 countries in Africa on our list with data.
U.S. goods exports to Kenya totaled $982.4 million in 2025, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, up 29.6% on 2024.
By U.S. goods exports, Kenya ranks 8th of 53 in Africa on our list, between Angola ($1.2 billion) and Libya ($725.8 million).
The largest increases from 2024 to 2025 were in natural gas liquids (up $190.5 million), military trucks, armored vehicles, etc. (up $61.4 million) and coal and fuels, other (up $29.4 million).
In 2025, monthly U.S. exports to Kenya peaked in March at $126.6 million and were lowest in June at $52 million. July to December accounted for 47.3% of the year's exports. The first quarter (January to March) was the busiest, with $281.3 million.
| Month | U.S. exports | Share of the year |
|---|---|---|
| January 2025 | $64.28 million | 6.5% |
| February 2025 | $90.41 million | 9.2% |
| March 2025 | $126.6 million | 12.9% |
| April 2025 | $113.1 million | 11.5% |
| May 2025 | $71.26 million | 7.3% |
| June 2025 | $52.04 million | 5.3% |
| July 2025 | $75.54 million | 7.7% |
| August 2025 | $79.17 million | 8.1% |
| September 2025 | $69.61 million | 7.1% |
| October 2025 | $86.85 million | 8.8% |
| November 2025 | $82.54 million | 8.4% |
| December 2025 | $70.96 million | 7.2% |
From 2016 to 2025, U.S. exports to Kenya rose from $397.5 million to $982.4 million, and U.S. imports went from $552.5 million to $862.2 million. The biggest one-year rise in exports came in 2024, up $277.6 million (57.7%). The 10-year average was $536.4 million a year.
| Year | U.S. exports | Change | U.S. imports |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $982.4 million | +29.6% | $862.2 million |
| 2024 | $758.3 million | +57.7% | $736.8 million |
| 2023 | $480.7 million | -19.1% | $696.5 million |
| 2022 | $594.3 million | +6.4% | $876.4 million |
| 2021 | $558.6 million | +50% | $685.1 million |
| 2020 | $372.3 million | -7.1% | $568.4 million |
| 2019 | $400.9 million | +9.7% | $667.1 million |
| 2018 | $365.4 million | -19.5% | $643.2 million |
| 2017 | $454 million | +14.2% | $572.3 million |
| 2016 | $397.5 million | n/a | $552.5 million |
Natural gas liquids, civilian aircraft, engines, equipment, and parts and military trucks, armored vehicles, etc. were the three largest, at 67.5% of the total. Nine of the 20 categories shrank from 2024, led by civilian aircraft, engines, equipment, and parts.
| Category | 2025 | Share | 2024 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Natural gas liquids | $491.5 million | 50% | $301 million | +63.3% |
| Civilian aircraft, engines, equipment, and parts | $109.8 million | 11.2% | $151.9 million | -27.7% |
| Military trucks, armored vehicles, etc. | $62.24 million | 6.3% | $814,015 | +7546% |
| Plastic materials | $34.13 million | 3.5% | $23.47 million | +45.4% |
| Coal and fuels, other | $29.38 million | 3% | $5,430 | +540952.8% |
| Pulpwood and woodpulp | $24.44 million | 2.5% | $23.12 million | +5.7% |
| Telecommunications equipment | $23.19 million | 2.4% | $41.64 million | -44.3% |
| Minimum value shipments | $18.46 million | 1.9% | $13.66 million | +35.2% |
| Wheat | $14.18 million | 1.4% | n/a | n/a |
| Miscellaneous domestic exports and special transactions | $10.84 million | 1.1% | $10.59 million | +2.4% |
| Category | 2025 | Share | 2024 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other foods | $9.811 million | 1% | $10.49 million | -6.5% |
| Petroleum products, other | $9.017 million | 0.9% | $14.23 million | -36.6% |
| Electric apparatus | $8.218 million | 0.8% | $6.682 million | +23% |
| Pharmaceutical preparations | $8.137 million | 0.8% | $8.951 million | -9.1% |
| Agric. industry-unmanufactured | $7.85 million | 0.8% | $9.981 million | -21.3% |
| Medicinal Equipment | $6.105 million | 0.6% | $10.56 million | -42.2% |
| Vegetables | $5.642 million | 0.6% | $2.032 million | +177.7% |
| Industrial machines, other | $5.467 million | 0.6% | $5.531 million | -1.1% |
| Sorghum, barley, oats | $5.27 million | 0.5% | $1.151 million | +357.9% |
| Industrial engines | $5.122 million | 0.5% | $5.658 million | -9.5% |
The United States imported $862.2 million of goods from Kenya in 2025, led by apparel, textiles, nonwool or cotton, apparel, household goods - cotton and green coffee (74.4% together). Imports of apparel, textiles, nonwool or cotton were up 18.5% on 2024.
| Category | 2025 | Share | 2024 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apparel, textiles, nonwool or cotton | $386.8 million | 44.9% | $326.5 million | +18.5% |
| Apparel, household goods - cotton | $171 million | 19.8% | $175.9 million | -2.8% |
| Green coffee | $83.69 million | 9.7% | $52.7 million | +58.8% |
| Camping apparel and gear | $45.69 million | 5.3% | $31.01 million | +47.3% |
| Tobacco, waxes, etc. | $39.44 million | 4.6% | $14.12 million | +179.4% |
| Nuts | $30.8 million | 3.6% | $24.2 million | +27.3% |
| U.S. goods returned, and reimports | $28.91 million | 3.4% | $28.29 million | +2.2% |
| Nursery stock, etc. | $13.02 million | 1.5% | $13.18 million | -1.2% |
| Artwork, antiques, stamps, etc. | $10.72 million | 1.2% | $1.901 million | +463.7% |
| Tea, spices, etc. | $9.926 million | 1.2% | $11.95 million | -16.9% |
| Category | 2025 | Share | 2024 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum value shipments | $6.77 million | 0.8% | $6.384 million | +6.1% |
| Toys, games, and sporting goods | $5.758 million | 0.7% | $5.937 million | -3% |
| Farming materials, livestock | $3.734 million | 0.4% | $2.912 million | +28.2% |
| Fruits, frozen juices | $3.383 million | 0.4% | $2.831 million | +19.5% |
| Other (movies, miscellaneous imports, and special transactions) | $3.179 million | 0.4% | $3.752 million | -15.3% |
| Apparel,household goods-nontextile | $3.06 million | 0.4% | $2.809 million | +8.9% |
| Iron and steel, advanced | $2.796 million | 0.3% | $3.097 million | -9.7% |
| Steelmaking materials | $1.889 million | 0.2% | $14.87 million | -87.3% |
| Food oils, oilseeds | $1.677 million | 0.2% | $1.132 million | +48.1% |
| Semiconductors | $1.196 million | 0.1% | $522,865 | +128.7% |
Kenya shares land or sea borders with six countries: Ethiopia, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda.
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