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About

France-Kenya Trade: In 2022, France exported $193M to Kenya. The main products that France exported to Kenya were Packaged Medicaments ($17.2M), Other Edible Preparations ($16.8M), and Antiknock ($14M). Over the past 5 years the exports of France to Kenya have decreased at an annualized rate of 3.6%, from $232M in 2017 to $193M in 2022.

In 2022, France did not export any services to Kenya.

Kenya-France Trade: In 2022, Kenya exported $93.8M to France. The main products that Kenya exported to France were Tropical Fruits ($20.5M), Other Processed Vegetables ($19.3M), and Legumes ($18.5M). Over the past 5 years the exports of Kenya to France have increased at an annualized rate of 1.18%,  from $88.5M in 2017 to $93.8M in 2022.

In 2022, Kenya did not export any services to France.

Comparison: In 2022,  France ranked 16 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 1.3), and 8 in total exports ($608B). That same year, Kenya ranked 87 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI -0.5), and 115 in total exports ($7.34B).

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

In 2022, France exported $193M to Kenya. The main products exported from France to Kenya were Packaged Medicaments ($17.2M), Other Edible Preparations ($16.8M), and Antiknock ($14M). During the last 5 years the exports of France to Kenya have decreased at an annualized rate of 3.6%, from $232M in 2017 to $193M in 2022.

In 2017, Kenya exported $93.8M to France. The main products exported from Kenya to France were Tropical Fruits ($20.5M), Other Processed Vegetables ($19.3M), and Legumes ($18.5M). During the last 5 years the exports of Kenya to France have increased at an annualized rate of 1.18%, from $88.5M in 2022 to $93.8M in 2017.

Exports from France (Flag) to Kenya (Flag) (2022)

Exports from Kenya (Flag) to France (Flag) (2022)

Latest Data

Trade between France (Flag) and Kenya (Flag)

France Exports

Kenya Exports

Market Competitiveness

Color
France
Top Destination
Germany$78.3B
Kenya
Top Destination
United States$722M

This map shows whether countries import more from France or Kenya. Each country is colored based on the difference in imports they receive from France and Kenya or the difference in the growth in imports.

In 2022, countries that imported more from France than Kenya included Germany ($78.3B), Italy ($56.4B), and United States ($50B).

In 2022, countries that imported more from Kenya than France included Uganda ($677M), Rwanda ($439M), and Tanzania ($418M).

Difference in imports from Kenya (Flag) and France (Flag) (2022)

Comparative Advantage France - Kenya

Flow
Scale

This chart compares trade between France and Kenya by product, considering products traded by both, France and Kenya.

During 2022, France had a large net trade with Kenya in the exports of Chemical Products ($63.6M), Machines ($29.9M), and Foodstuffs ($27.8M).

During 2017, Kenya had a large net trade with France in the exports of Vegetable Products ($60.1M), Foodstuffs ($22.8M), and Animal and Vegetable Bi-Products ($2.97M).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

Depth
View
Sort By
Top Product Potential France Kenya+$17.5MPackaged Medicaments
Top Product Potential Kenya France+$7.62MTropical Fruits

We estimate the export potential of an economy for each product and destination using an extension of the bilateral relatedness model of Jun et al. (2019).This extended gravity model considers similarities among products and geographies and explains more than 50% of the variance in future trade flows.

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Economic Complexity

Competitive Landscape

This visualization shows the product space at the HS4 level with the flags of France and Kenya. This means that a dot/product with the flag of France indicates it has a comparative advantage over Kenya. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of Kenya indicates it has a comparative advantage over France.

Product Space of France (Flag) and Kenya (Flag) (2022)

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