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Uganda

All products

Applied tariffs

Simple average MFN applied 2024
* 15.5 %
Trade-weighted MFN average 2021
* 12.8 %
Share of MFN duty-free 2024
38.5 %

Source of data: WTO IDB

* Ad valorem equivalents (AVEs) used

Bound tariffs

Simple average bound
72.9 %
Binding coverage
16.6 %
Share of bound duty-free
0.0 %

Source of data: CTS

* Ad valorem equivalents (AVEs) used

Imports

Total imports: 9,086.0 million USD in 2021

Imports by partner

China
18.2 % 1,652.5 million USD
India
11.6 % 1,050.8 million USD
Tanzania
9.0 % 820.7 million USD
United Arab Emirates
8.9 % 810.5 million USD
European Union
8.8 % 802.9 million USD
Kenya
8.5 % 769.7 million USD
Japan
4.3 % 394.3 million USD
Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of
3.7 % 336.2 million USD
Malaysia
3.0 % 272.6 million USD
Zimbabwe
2.4 % 221.5 million USD
Rest of the World
21.5 % 1,954.3 million USD

Source of data: WTO IDB

Imports by products HS 2017

710813 Gold, incl. gold plated with platinum, in semi-manufactured forms, for non-monetary purposes
9.3 % 844.4 million USD
271019 Medium oils and preparations, of petroleum or bituminous minerals, not containing biodiesel, n.e.s.
7.5 % 681.1 million USD
271012 Light oils and preparations, of petroleum or bituminous minerals which >= 90% by volume "incl. losses" distil at 210°C "ASTM D 86 method" (excl. containing biodiesel)
6.1 % 553.9 million USD
300490 Medicaments consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic purposes, put up in measured doses "incl. those for transdermal administration" or in forms or packings for retail sale (excl. containing antibiotics, hormones or steroids used as hormones, alkaloids, provitamins, vitamins, their derivatives, antimalarial active principles and blinded clinical trial kits)
2.9 % 266.2 million USD
151110 Crude palm oil
2.9 % 259.8 million USD
710812 Gold, incl. gold plated with platinum, unwrought, for non-monetary purposes (excl. gold in powder form)
2.8 % 250.2 million USD
100630 Semi-milled or wholly milled rice, whether or not polished or glazed
2.4 % 218.4 million USD
100199 Wheat and meslin (excl. seed for sowing, and durum wheat)
2.2 % 198.0 million USD
252310 Cement clinkers
1.8 % 164.5 million USD
720839 Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of >= 600 mm, in coils, simply hot-rolled, not clad, plated or coated, of a thickness of < 3 mm, not pickled, without patterns in relief
1.8 % 163.1 million USD
Rest of the products
60.4 % 5,486.4 million USD

Source of data: WTO IDB

Exports

Total exports: 3,965.3 million USD in 2021

Exports by destination

United Arab Emirates
26.8 % 1,062.9 million USD
European Union
16.6 % 656.6 million USD
Kenya
13.3 % 525.6 million USD
South Sudan
12.2 % 483.9 million USD
Democratic Republic of the Congo
8.6 % 339.4 million USD
Tanzania
2.7 % 108.9 million USD
India
2.1 % 83.4 million USD
United States of America
1.9 % 76.9 million USD
Burundi
1.8 % 72.4 million USD
Algeria
1.5 % 59.1 million USD
Rest of the World
12.5 % 496.1 million USD

Source of data: UN Comtrade

Exports by products HS 2017

710813 Gold, incl. gold plated with platinum, in semi-manufactured forms, for non-monetary purposes
25.9 % 1,028.1 million USD
090111 Coffee (excl. roasted and decaffeinated)
18.0 % 713.2 million USD
180100 Cocoa beans, whole or broken, raw or roasted
2.7 % 105.8 million USD
271012 Light oils and preparations, of petroleum or bituminous minerals which >= 90% by volume "incl. losses" distil at 210°C "ASTM D 86 method" (excl. containing biodiesel)
2.4 % 93.3 million USD
170199 Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form (excl. cane and beet sugar containing added flavouring or colouring and raw sugar)
2.2 % 85.8 million USD
252329 Portland cement (excl. white, whether or not artificially coloured)
2.1 % 84.9 million USD
151190 Palm oil and its fractions, whether or not refined (excl. chemically modified and crude)
1.5 % 59.8 million USD
090240 Black fermented tea and partly fermented tea, whether or not flavoured, in immediate packings of > 3 kg
1.4 % 55.0 million USD
030433 Fresh or chilled fillets of Nile perch "Lates niloticus"
1.1 % 43.8 million USD
240120 Tobacco, partly or wholly stemmed or stripped, otherwise unmanufactured
1.1 % 41.7 million USD
Rest of the products
41.7 % 1,654.0 million USD

Source of data: UN Comtrade

Preferential regimes provided by Uganda

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Uganda as a beneficiary based on other economies reported preferential regimes

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