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
81 bottlenecks| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uganda | 040120 | Dairy produce; milk and cream, not concentrated, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 1% but not exceeding 6% | 2025 | 100.00% | 24,035,522 |
| 2 | Morocco | 310559 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; containing the two fertilizing elements nitrogen and phosphorus, other than nitrates and phosphates | 2025 | 99.98% | 34,674,139 |
| 3 | South Africa | 120510 | Oil seeds; low erucic acid rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken | 2025 | 99.96% | 41,708,341 |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 880624 | Unmanned aircraft; for remote-controlled flight only, for other than for carriage of passengers, with the maximum take-off weight of more than 25kg but not more than 150kg | 2025 | 99.75% | 13,647,774 |
| 5 | Australia | 100790 | Cereals; grain sorghum, other than seed | 2025 | 99.70% | 54,045,989 |
| 6 | Dem. Rep. of the Congo | 440721 | Wood, tropical; as specified in Subheading Note 2 to this Chapter, mahogany (Swietenia spp.), sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or finger-jointed, thicker than 6mm | 2025 | 99.61% | 16,018,551 |
| 7 | India | 843830 | Machinery; industrial, for sugar manufacture | 2025 | 99.55% | 34,715,652 |
| 8 | China | 900710 | Cameras, cinematographic; whether or not incorporating sound recording apparatus | 2025 | 99.52% | 10,774,163 |
| 9 | China | 853400 | Circuits; printed | 2025 | 98.86% | 73,763,263 |
| 10 | China | 551614 | Fabrics, woven; printed, containing 85% or more by weight of artificial staple fibres | 2025 | 98.82% | 18,264,863 |
| 11 | China | 320720 | Enamels and glazes; vitrifiable enamels and glazes, engobes (slips) and similar preparations | 2025 | 98.55% | 12,234,137 |
| 12 | China | 560311 | Nonwovens; whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated, of man-made filaments, (weighing not more than 25g/m2) | 2025 | 98.51% | 23,175,097 |
| 13 | China | 610349 | Trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts; men's or boys', of textile materials (other than wool or fine animal hair, cotton or synthetic fibres), knitted or crocheted | 2025 | 98.20% | 16,273,867 |
| 14 | United Rep. of Tanzania | 440711 | Wood; coniferous species, of pine (Pinus spp.), sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or finger-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6mm | 2025 | 98.09% | 25,485,564 |
| 15 | China | 940541 | Luminaires and light fittings; electric, photovoltaic, designed for use solely with light-emitting diode (LED) light sources | 2025 | 97.93% | 23,028,743 |
| 16 | China | 961700 | Vacuum flasks and other vacuum vessels, complete with cases; parts thereof other than glass inners | 2025 | 97.85% | 10,520,211 |
| 17 | India | 841940 | Distilling or rectifying plant; not used for domestic purposes | 2025 | 97.26% | 19,745,820 |
| 18 | Spain | 730810 | Iron or steel; structures and parts thereof, bridges and bridge-sections | 2025 | 97.15% | 12,007,827 |
| 19 | China | 721070 | Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, painted, varnished or coated with plastics | 2025 | 96.74% | 27,789,461 |
| 20 | Rep. of Korea | 100640 | Cereals; rice, broken | 2025 | 96.63% | 24,508,252 |
| 21 | China | 854143 | Electrical apparatus; photosensitive semiconductor devices, photovoltaic cells assembled in modules or made up into panels | 2025 | 95.38% | 39,635,675 |
| 22 | China | 853120 | Signalling apparatus; electric, sound or visual, indicator panels incorporating liquid crystal devices (LCD) or light-emitting diodes (LED), excluding those of heading no. 8512 or 8530 | 2025 | 95.25% | 23,466,023 |
| 23 | China | 320611 | Colouring matter; pigments and preparations based on titanium dioxide, containing 80% or more by weight of titanium dioxide calculated on the dry matter | 2025 | 95.24% | 19,275,910 |
| 24 | China | 940542 | Luminaires and light fittings; electric, designed for use solely with light-emitting diode (LED) light sources | 2025 | 95.11% | 13,859,019 |
| 25 | United Rep. of Tanzania | 340120 | Soap; in forms n.e.c. in item no. 3401.11 | 2025 | 94.96% | 11,574,465 |
| 26 | Japan | 840682 | Turbines; steam and other vapour turbines, (for other than marine propulsion), of an output not exceeding 40MW | 2025 | 94.92% | 26,367,018 |
| 27 | South Africa | 080810 | Fruit, edible; apples, fresh | 2025 | 94.90% | 11,423,931 |
| 28 | United Rep. of Tanzania | 230630 | Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of sunflower seed oils | 2025 | 94.90% | 20,645,112 |
| 29 | Germany | 841410 | Pumps; vacuum | 2025 | 94.85% | 88,455,265 |
| 30 | China | 640299 | Footwear; n.e.c. in heading no. 6402, (other than just covering the ankle), with outer soles and uppers of rubber or plastics | 2025 | 94.64% | 33,608,455 |
| 31 | China | 847420 | Machines; for crushing or grinding earth, stone, ores or other mineral substances | 2025 | 94.57% | 114,634,315 |
| 32 | China | 551219 | Fabrics, woven; of synthetic staple fibres, containing 85% or more by weight of polyester staple fibres, other than unbleached or bleached | 2025 | 94.35% | 14,266,597 |
| 33 | Argentina | 200811 | Nuts; ground-nuts, whether or not containing added sugar, other sweetening matter or spirit | 2025 | 94.24% | 11,632,558 |
| 34 | China | 850650 | Cells and batteries; primary, lithium | 2025 | 94.06% | 10,141,412 |
| 35 | China | 847480 | Machines; for agglomerating, shaping or moulding solid mineral fuels, ceramic paste, unhardened cements, plastering materials in powder or paste form, machines for forming foundry moulds of sand | 2025 | 93.64% | 21,325,008 |
| 36 | United Rep. of Tanzania | 100590 | Cereals; maize (corn), other than seed | 2025 | 93.62% | 64,109,846 |
| 37 | Egypt | 721420 | Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded, containing indentations, ribs, grooves or other deformations produced during the rolling process or twisted after rolling | 2025 | 93.59% | 53,708,121 |
| 38 | China | 854470 | Insulated electric conductors; optical fibre cables | 2025 | 93.32% | 12,986,304 |
| 39 | China | 842810 | Lifts and skip hoists | 2025 | 93.27% | 18,202,009 |
| 40 | USA | 271113 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, butanes | 2025 | 92.74% | 248,413,600 |
| 41 | China | 620590 | Shirts; men's or boys', of textile materials n.e.c. in heading no. 6205 (not knitted or crocheted) | 2025 | 92.64% | 20,848,781 |
| 42 | United Rep. of Tanzania | 700529 | Glass; float glass and surface ground or polished glass, in sheets, non-wired, (other than coloured throughout the mass (body tinted), opacified, flashed or merely surface ground) | 2025 | 92.51% | 24,515,010 |
| 43 | China | 851829 | Loudspeakers; not mounted in their enclosures | 2025 | 92.43% | 10,787,414 |
| 44 | China | 390410 | Vinyl chloride, other halogenated olefin polymers; poly(vinyl chloride), not mixed with any other substances, in primary forms | 2025 | 92.22% | 32,995,427 |
| 45 | Japan | 870322 | Vehicles; with only spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine, cylinder capacity over 1000 but not over 1500cc | 2025 | 91.60% | 104,830,868 |
| 46 | China | 620690 | Blouses, shirts and shirt-blouses; women's or girls', of textile materials n.e.c. in heading no. 6206 (not knitted or crocheted) | 2025 | 91.50% | 11,923,072 |
| 47 | China | 731100 | Containers for compressed or liquefied gas, of iron or steel | 2025 | 91.15% | 31,226,256 |
| 48 | Zambia | 100510 | Cereals; maize (corn), seed | 2025 | 90.76% | 28,819,537 |
| 49 | China | 850760 | Electric accumulators; lithium-ion, including separators, whether or not rectangular (including square) | 2025 | 90.56% | 57,591,857 |
| 50 | China | 390761 | Poly(ethylene terephthalate); in primary forms, having a viscosity of 78ml/g or higher | 2025 | 89.72% | 48,553,075 |
| 51 | Malaysia | 151190 | Vegetable oils; palm oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | 2025 | 89.63% | 817,287,828 |
| 52 | USA | 470321 | Wood pulp; chemical wood pulp, soda or sulphate, (other than dissolving grades), semi-bleached or bleached, of coniferous wood | 2025 | 89.48% | 26,686,505 |
| 53 | China | 845221 | Sewing machines; (not household type), automatic units | 2025 | 89.45% | 10,835,556 |
| 54 | China | 620449 | Dresses; women's or girls', of textile materials n.e.c. in item no. 6204.4 (not knitted or crocheted) | 2025 | 89.18% | 31,989,324 |
| 55 | Saudi Arabia | 310221 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; nitrogenous, ammonium sulphate | 2025 | 88.84% | 36,522,290 |
| 56 | China | 842951 | Front-end shovel loaders | 2025 | 88.35% | 11,414,987 |
| 57 | Japan | 870321 | Vehicles; with only spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine, cylinder capacity not over 1000cc | 2025 | 88.18% | 20,242,459 |
| 58 | China | 842619 | Cranes; transporter, gantry and bridge cranes | 2025 | 88.16% | 27,783,198 |
| 59 | USA | 271311 | Petroleum coke; (not calcined), obtained from bituminous minerals | 2025 | 87.81% | 17,320,994 |
| 60 | Malaysia | 151110 | Vegetable oils; palm oil and its fractions, crude, not chemically modified | 2025 | 87.45% | 119,271,721 |
| 61 | China | 620349 | Trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts; men's or boys', of textile materials (other than wool, fine animal hair, cotton or synthetic fibres), (not knitted or crocheted) | 2025 | 86.29% | 13,495,108 |
| 62 | USA | 901420 | Navigational instruments and appliances; for aeronautical or space navigation (excluding compasses) | 2025 | 86.13% | 13,349,961 |
| 63 | Poland | 720429 | Ferrous waste and scrap; of alloy steel (excluding stainless) | 2025 | 86.12% | 26,715,334 |
| 64 | China | 871160 | Motorcycles (including mopeds) and cycles; fitted with auxiliary motor, with electric motor for propulsion, with or without side-cars; side-cars | 2025 | 85.88% | 16,265,781 |
| 65 | Malaysia | 490700 | 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 |
| 66 | Japan | 870323 | Vehicles; with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity over 1500 but not over 3000cc | 2025 | 85.24% | 167,670,721 |
| 67 | United Arab Emirates | 740811 | Copper; wire, of refined copper, of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds 6mm | 2025 | 84.18% | 52,081,858 |
| 68 | China | 847180 | Units of automatic data processing machines; n.e.c. in item no. 8471.50, 8471.60 or 8471.70 | 2025 | 83.18% | 17,358,676 |
| 69 | Rep. of Korea | 840420 | Boilers; condensers, for steam or other vapour power units | 2025 | 83.15% | 71,201,821 |
| 70 | China | 841810 | Refrigerators and freezers; combined refrigerator-freezers, fitted with separate external doors, electric or other | 2025 | 83.14% | 12,876,087 |
| 71 | USA | 840910 | Engines; parts of aircraft engines (spark-ignition reciprocating or rotary internal combustion piston engines) | 2025 | 82.54% | 36,190,302 |
| 72 | India | 281512 | Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda); in aqueous solution (soda lye or liquid soda) | 2025 | 82.29% | 13,915,862 |
| 73 | Zimbabwe | 240120 | Tobacco; partly or wholly stemmed or stripped | 2025 | 82.19% | 10,549,313 |
| 74 | China | 380893 | Herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators; other than containing goods of Subheading Note 1 to this Chapter; put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles | 2025 | 82.17% | 32,298,998 |
| 75 | China | 401120 | Rubber; new pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on buses or lorries | 2025 | 81.59% | 74,373,781 |
| 76 | Saudi Arabia | 310530 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate) | 2025 | 81.21% | 74,466,003 |
| 77 | China | 847130 | Automatic data processing machines; portable, weighing not more than 10kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display | 2025 | 80.78% | 24,920,974 |
| 78 | China | 340239 | Anionic organic surface-active agents (other than soap); other than linear alkylbenzene sulphonic acids and their salts, whether or not put up for retail sale | 2025 | 80.63% | 10,520,217 |
| 79 | India | 870193 | Tractors; n.e.c. in heading no 8701 (other than tractors of heading no 8709); of an engine power exceeding 37kW but not exceeding 75kW | 2025 | 80.58% | 22,211,542 |
| 80 | China | 854231 | Electronic integrated circuits; processors and controllers, whether or not combined with memories, converters, logic circuits, amplifiers, clock and timing circuits, or other circuits | 2025 | 80.19% | 10,708,932 |
| 81 | China | 390729 | Polyethers other than polyacetals, and bis(polyoxyethylene) methylphosphonate; in primary forms | 2025 | 80.16% | 24,676,324 |
China: 41 occurrences
USA: 5 occurrences
United Rep. of Tanzania: 5 occurrences
India: 4 occurrences
Japan: 4 occurrences
Malaysia: 3 occurrences
Rep. of Korea: 2 occurrences
Saudi Arabia: 2 occurrences
South Africa: 2 occurrences
Argentina: 1 occurrence
Australia: 1 occurrence
Dem. Rep. of the Congo: 1 occurrence
Egypt: 1 occurrence
Germany: 1 occurrence
Morocco: 1 occurrence
Poland: 1 occurrence
Spain: 1 occurrence
Uganda: 1 occurrence
United Arab Emirates: 1 occurrence
United Kingdom: 1 occurrence
Zambia: 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.