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About

Kenya-Canada Trade: In 2022, Kenya exported $24.9M to Canada. The main products that Kenya exported to Canada were Coffee ($3.93M), Other live plants, cuttings and slips; mushroom spawn ($1.88M), and Tea ($1.73M). Over the past 5 years the exports of Kenya to Canada have decreased at an annualized rate of 9.99%, from $42.1M in 2017 to $24.9M in 2022.

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

Canada-Kenya Trade: In 2022, Canada exported $107M to Kenya. The main products that Canada exported to Kenya were Planes, Helicopters, and/or Spacecraft ($30M), Wheat ($21.3M), and Used Clothing ($12.4M). Over the past 5 years the exports of Canada to Kenya have decreased at an annualized rate of 4.96%,  from $146M in 2017 to $107M in 2022.

In 2020, Canada exported services to Kenya worth $1.49M, with Communications services ($1.49M) being the largest in terms of value.

Comparison: In 2022,  Kenya ranked 87 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI -0.5), and 115 in total exports ($7.34B). That same year, Canada ranked 31 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 0.92), and 9 in total exports ($587B).

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

In 2022, Kenya exported $24.9M to Canada. The main products exported from Kenya to Canada were Coffee ($3.93M), Other live plants, cuttings and slips; mushroom spawn ($1.88M), and Tea ($1.73M). During the last 5 years the exports of Kenya to Canada have decreased at an annualized rate of 9.99%, from $42.1M in 2017 to $24.9M in 2022.

In 2017, Canada exported $107M to Kenya. The main products exported from Canada to Kenya were Planes, Helicopters, and/or Spacecraft ($30M), Wheat ($21.3M), and Used Clothing ($12.4M). During the last 5 years the exports of Canada to Kenya have decreased at an annualized rate of 4.96%, from $146M in 2022 to $107M in 2017.

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

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

Latest Data

Trade between Kenya (Flag) and Canada (Flag)

Kenya Exports

Canada Exports

Market Competitiveness

Color
Kenya
Top Destination
United States$722M
Canada
Top Destination
United States$438B

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

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

In 2022, countries that imported more from Canada than Kenya included United States ($438B), China ($25.4B), and Japan ($14.3B).

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

Comparative Advantage Kenya - Canada

Flow
Scale

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

During 2022, Kenya had a large net trade with Canada in the exports of Vegetable Products ($12.4M), Textiles ($9.08M), and Miscellaneous ($723k).

During 2017, Canada had a large net trade with Kenya in the exports of Transportation ($32.1M), Vegetable Products ($24.7M), and Machines ($17.6M).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

Depth
View
Sort By
Top Product Potential Kenya Canada+$5.53MCoffee
Top Product Potential Canada Kenya+$11.7MWheat

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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Bilateral Service Trade

In 2020, Canada exported services to Kenya worth $1.49M, with Communications services ($1.49M) being the largest in terms of value.

Service trade data is presented based on availability.

Services Exports from Canada (Flag) to Kenya (Flag) (2020)

Service Trade

Economic Complexity

Competitive Landscape

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

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

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