Countries

Uganda: trade by HS code

  • US$8.9bnExports 2024
  • US$13.8bnImports 2024
  • 2,972HS6 · Exports

Uganda exported goods worth US$8.9bn and imported US$13.8bn in 2024, in 2,972 and 4,575 different six-digit products.

Its largest customer was the United Arab Emirates and its largest supplier China.

Top exports

  1. 7108.13Gold (including gold plated with platinum), unwrought or in: non-monetary, other semi-manufactured formsUS$3.4bn
  2. 0901.11Coffee, whether or not roasted or decaffeinated: coffee, not roasted, not decaffeinatedUS$1.5bn
  3. 7108.12Gold (including gold plated with platinum), unwrought or in: non-monetary, other unwrought formsUS$835.2m
  4. 1801.00Cocoa beans, whole or broken, raw or roastedUS$333.8m
  5. 1701.99Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid: other, otherUS$148.4m
  6. 2523.29Portland cement, aluminous cement, slag cement: portland cement, otherUS$85m
  7. 1102.20Cereal flours other than of wheat or meslin: maize (corn) flourUS$72.1m
  8. 1511.90Palm oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not: otherUS$57.9m
  9. 7214.20Containing indentations, ribs, grooves or other deformations produced during the rolling process or twisted after rollingUS$51.8m
  10. 0902.40Other black tea (fermented) and other partly fermented teaUS$51.2m
  11. 0305.72Fish heads, tails and mawsUS$50.6m
  12. 6907.22Of a water absorption coefficient by weight exceeding 0,5 % but not exceeding 10 %US$46.4m
  13. 8711.20With internal combustion piston engine of a cylinder capacity exceeding 50 cm3 but not exceeding 250 cm3US$43.9m
  14. 2716.00Electrical energyUS$42.8m
  15. 1005.90Maize (corn), otherUS$41.8m
  16. 1207.40Other oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, whether or not broken: sesamum seedsUS$41.4m
  17. 7210.41Otherwise plated or coated with zinc: corrugatedUS$39.9m
  18. 2401.20Tobacco, partly or wholly stemmed/strippedUS$39.8m
  19. 4011.40Of a kind used on motorcyclesUS$39.5m
  20. 0401.20Of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 1 % but not exceeding 6 %US$39m

Top imports

  1. 7108.12Gold (including gold plated with platinum), unwrought or in: non-monetary, other unwrought formsUS$3.3bn
  2. 1511.90Palm oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not: otherUS$273.4m
  3. 1001.99Wheat and meslin, other, otherUS$214.3m
  4. 3004.90Medicaments: otherUS$210.6m
  5. 8703.23Of a cylinder capacity exceeding 1500 cm3 but not exceeding 3000 cm3US$191.7m
  6. 1006.30Semi-milled or wholly milled rice, whether or not polished or glazedUS$190m
  7. 7208.39Of a thickness of less than 3 mmUS$170.9m
  8. 2523.10Portland cement, aluminous cement, slag cement: cement clinkersUS$153.2m
  9. 8711.20With internal combustion piston engine of a cylinder capacity exceeding 50 cm3 but not exceeding 250 cm3US$137.1m
  10. 2309.90Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding: otherUS$128.1m
  11. 3302.10Of a kind used in the food or drink industriesUS$112.5m
  12. 3907.61Having a viscosity number of 78 ml/g or higherUS$109.2m
  13. 3901.20Polyethylene having a specific gravity of 0,94 or moreUS$90.5m
  14. 8517.62Machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, including switching and routing apparatusUS$87.6m
  15. 6309.00Worn clothing and other worn articlesUS$87.2m
  16. 3902.10Polymers of propylene or of other olefins, in primary forms: polypropyleneUS$72.3m
  17. 3002.41Vaccines for human medicineUS$62.9m
  18. 8704.23Of a gross vehicle weight exceeding 20 tonnesUS$58.7m
  19. 8471.30Portable automatic data-processing machines, weighing not more than 10 kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a displayUS$57.8m
  20. 3901.10Polyethylene having a specific gravity of less than 0,94US$56.8m

Main buyers from Uganda

  1. United Arab Emirates US$2.6bn
  2. Hong Kong SAR China US$1bn
  3. India US$801.4m
  4. Kenya US$475.1m
  5. South Sudan US$424.6m
  6. Congo - Kinshasa US$409.1m
  7. Italy US$396.2m
  8. Germany US$256m
  9. Rwanda US$217.7m
  10. Netherlands US$178.1m

Main suppliers of Uganda

  1. China US$2.3bn
  2. Tanzania US$1.6bn
  3. Kenya US$784m
  4. India US$654m
  5. South Africa US$463.4m
  6. Burkina Faso US$432.5m
  7. Japan US$414.4m
  8. Mali US$361m
  9. Mozambique US$355.5m
  10. Cameroon US$248.2m

Questions and answers

What does Uganda export most?

In 2024, its largest export at the six-digit level was gold (including gold plated with platinum), unwrought or in: non-monetary… (HS 7108.13), worth US$3.4bn.