NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 30 – Uganda and the United States remained Kenya’s top export destinations in August 2025, accounting for a significant share of the country’s foreign earnings, new data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) shows.
Exports to Uganda were valued at Sh11.0 billion, while shipments to the U.S. stood at Sh6.3 billion. Pakistan followed closely with exports worth Sh6.0 billion.
“Food and beverages accounted for the largest share of total exports at 43.8 percent,” KNBS said. “Non-food industrial supplies and machinery contributed 25.8 percent and 2.2 percent, respectively.”
Overall, Kenya’s total trade value fell to Sh313.3 billion in August from Sh349.6 billion in July, reflecting a slowdown in both exports and imports. Export earnings dipped slightly to Sh94.0 billion, while imports declined to Sh219.4 billion.
China remained Kenya’s largest import source with goods worth Sh54.4 billion, followed by India (Sh24.1 billion) and the United Arab Emirates (Sh19.2 billion). Imports from Saudi Arabia and Germany more than doubled to Sh8.8 billion and Sh14.0 billion, respectively.
Non-food industrial supplies dominated imports at 34.5 percent, followed by machinery and capital equipment (21.0 percent), fuel and lubricants (18.9 percent), and food and beverages (9.5 percent).
